Light of the Restoration: Minerva Teicherts Paintings

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Light of the RestorationMinerva Teicherts
Paintings
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Christ in a Red Robe
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Self-Portrait, graphite on paper, 1937
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Love of the Gospel When an occasion comes, if
we love the Gospel you can always fit into the
role youre called upon to play.
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Minerva Teichert, 1943-1950
When I spend years of careful study, earnest
efforts, and many dollars, it is proof of what
I believe I can and must do.
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Eighth Grade c. 1902
High School Graduation - 1906
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Art Institute of Chicago, 1910
Indian Costume, 1915
Wild West Troupe, New York, 1916
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John Vanderpoels 1909 class at the Chicago Art
Institute
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Beaux Arts Style Murals
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Edwin Blashfield's Wisconsin State Capitol Dome
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Robert Henri's painting class at the Art
Students League, New York, c. 1916
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The Restoration

• When the light rested upon me I saw two
  Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all
  description, standing above me in the air. One
  of them spake unto me, calling me by name and
  said, pointing to the otherThis is My Beloved
  Son. Hear Him!
• (Joseph Smith History 117)

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The First Vision, 1934
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The Role of Strong Women in the Gospel
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When the story is told, the picture is
finished
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There are only two reasons for paintings in
the first place -- either a thing must be very
beautiful, or, it must be an important story.
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I painted usually after they were tucked into
bed at night. I must paint. Its a disease.
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Pioneer Heritage
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I want a touch of red in my heaven
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Borders
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Minerva Teichert Pageants in Paint
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Toschi-TiboA Centennial Pageant by Minerva
Teichert

• In 1947, Teichert wrote a never-performed
  version of a pageant to celebrate the centennial
  of the pioneers arrival in Utah.  She entitled
  it Toschi-Tibo, a phrase she said meant white
  man. Displayed in this case are small standing
  figures she made of the various pageant
  groupings. Similar figures served as tools of
  many pageant masters.

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Message of the Ages, 1947
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Spirits of the Wind and Indians, c. 1914
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Minerva Teichert, 1947
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Gestures and Poses
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Processions
Handcart Pioneers, oil on canvas, 1935
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The Beesley Band, oil on canvas, 1941
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Music and Dance
Love Story, oil on Masonite, 1950-51
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Broncho (Bronco) Dance, oil on canvas, 1957
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The Courting Dance, oil on canvas, 1934
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Teichert in Mardi Gras Costume, 1910
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Teichert in Indian Costume, 1915
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Carmen, oil on canvas, 1948
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Isabelle Gastenaga, oil on panel, 1941
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Handcart Pioneers at the Waterfall, oil on
canvas, 1940
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Manti Temple Mural

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• In 1947 Teichert painted murals, which she called
  a pageantry of nations, for the World Room in
  the Mormon temple in Manti, Utah. Her scheme
  differs from that of other world rooms. Most
  portray desert scenes and wild animals to
  represent the world to which Adam and Eve were
  banished after their fall from paradise. Instead,
  Teichert painted a procession of richly clad
  people ignoring the pleas of beggars. A wealth of
  uncaring people was her idea of the lone and
  dreary world.

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Manti Temple World RoomBabel
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Out of Babylon Forsaking the Things of the World
Manti Temple Mural, sketch, watercolor and
graphite on paper, 1947
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Manti World Room
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Salt Lake Temple World Room
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Manti Temple Mural, sketch, watercolor and
graphite on paper, 1947
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Manti World Room Detail
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Flight, oil on Masonite,1950-51
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House of the World, oil on Masonite, 1950-51
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Return of Captive Israel, oil on canvas, 1945
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Wherefore, he will bring them again out of
captivity and they shall be gathered together to
the lands of their inheritance . . . Behold, I
will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set
up my standard to the people and they shall
bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters
shall be carried upon their shoulders. I will
soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they
shall be like unto a father to them wherefore,
the Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered among
the house of Israel. 1 Nephi 2212 2 Nephi
66-7, 11 and 1018
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• Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up
  mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard
  to the people and they shall bring thy sons in
  their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried
  upon their shoulders.
• And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their
  queens thy nursing mothers they shall bow down
  to thee with their face toward the earth, and
  lick up the dust of thy feet and thou shalt know
  that I am the Lord for they shall not be ashamed
  that wait for me. Isaiah 492223

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Touch Me Not, 1939
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Jesus at the Home of Mary and Martha, 1935
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A Passion for The Book of Mormon
When asked why she painted scenes from the Book
of Mormon, she replied Because I believe in it.
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Book of Mormon Frieze

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• In the early 1950s, Teichert painted a series of
  forty-two murals representing Book of Mormon
  themes.  Of her murals she said, They do not
  need frames.  I put them on the walls with a half
  inch wood binding. She planned to hang them
  along in story form so that the narrative of
  the Book of Mormon could be easily and quickly
  understood.
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• Hoping to capture her intent, we have hung twelve
  of her murals representing Book of Mormon
  passages in chronological order as a frieze, or
  decorative horizontal band, around the next
  gallery. The frieze itself can be understood as a
  pageant. In this succession of murals, the parts
  of the pageantprocessions, tableaux, gestures,
  poses, and dancingbring the Book of Mormon to
  life.
• THAT HE WHO RUNS MAY READ
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Christ in America
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Flight
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Treasures in Exchange for the Plates of Brass
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The Law on the Plates of Brass
We have the history of all ancient America to
record. We do not keep these things on golden
tablets now but in our architecture, sculpture,
and mural decoration of the future they will be
told.
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The House of the World
We shall develop an art as great as the
Egyptians . . . . So should our art be rich in
story and backed by a great faith.
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Love Story
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Lehi in the Desert
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Loading the Ship
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Nephi Bound
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The Promised Land
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Nephi Leads His Followers into the Wilderness
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Nephi, the Builder, Forging Swords
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Mosiah Discovers Zarahemla
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Mosiah Interprets the Jaredite Stone
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Record of the Jaredites
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King Benjamins Farewell Address
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Ammon before King Limhi
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Trial of Abinadi
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Alma Baptizes in the Waters of Mormon
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Lamanite Maidens
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Escape of King Limhi and His People
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Escape of Almas People
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An Angel Appears to Alma and the Sons of Mosiah
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Alma Overcomes Amlici
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The Earthquake
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Ammon Saves the Kinds Flocks
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The Meeting with Lamonis Father
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Christian Converts
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A Battle at the River Sidon
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The Title of Liberty
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Title of Liberty
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Treachery of Amalickiah
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Defense of a Nephite City
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Moriantons Maidservant
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Death of Amalickiah
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Helamans Striplings
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Samuel the Lamanite
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The City of Gid
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The Ship of Hagoth
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Gadiantons Band
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Gadianton Defies His Pursuers
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The Answer of Lachoneus
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Destruction on the Western Continent
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The Sacrament
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Last Battle between the Nephites and the Lamanites
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Moroni, the Last Nephite
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Journey of the Jaredites across Asia
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Return of Captive Israel