Frank Magleby (March 22, 1928 – December 17, 2013) was an American painter and educator. He taught Art at Brigham Young University for 35 years, and he designed murals in the Nauvoo Illinois Temple.

Frank Magleby
Born
Francis R. Magleby

March 22, 1928
DiedDecember 17, 2013
EducationBrigham Young University
Art Students League of New York
Columbia University
OccupationPainter
SpouseMildred Elizabeth Boise
Children5
RelativesDean Fausett (maternal uncle)

Life

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Magleby was born on March 22, 1928, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.[1] His maternal uncle, Dean Fausett, was a painter.[2] Magleby graduated from Brigham Young University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1950 and a master's degree in 1952.[2][3] He attended the Art Students League of New York, and he received a doctor of education from Columbia University in 1969.[2][3]

Magleby taught Art at Brigham Young University from 1959 to 1994.[1] He was also a painter, and he did many landscape paintings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[3] In 2001, Magleby designed murals in the Nauvoo Illinois Temple alongside Gary Smith, Jim Christiansen, Doug Fryer, Chris Young, and Robert Marshall.[3] Some of his artwork was acquired by the Springville Museum of Art.[2]

Magleby was a member of LDS Church, and he married Mildred Elizabeth Boise in the Salt Lake Temple in 1956.[1] They resided in Provo, Utah, with their five children.[1] Magleby died on December 17, 2013.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Francis R. (Frank) Magleby". Deseret News. December 19, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2019 – via Legacy.com.
  2. ^ a b c d "Utah Artists Project: Francis R. Magleby". J. Willard Marriott Library. The University of Utah. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Olpin, Robert S.; Rugh, Thomas F. (2006). Painters of the Wasatch Mountains. Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs Smith. p. 235. ISBN 9781586858506.
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