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John Boylston Fairbanks (December 25, 1855, Payson, Utah – June 15, 1940, Salt Lake City) was an American landscape painter. In 1890, he was one of a group of artists who studied in Paris under the sponsorship of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), in preparation for painting murals at the nearly completed Salt Lake Temple. ==Biography== His father, also named John Boylston Fairbanks (1817-1875), was an early pioneer who had come to Utah from the Winter Quarters in 1847.〔(Fairbanks Family in the West )〕 Although he showed an early interest in art, he had no inclination to pursue it as a career until, in 1877, he visited the studios of John Hafen, an aspiring artist his own age. After a long time of spending most of his days at the studio, Hafen dared him to do a painting.〔("John Boylston Fairbanks" by Brian Warburton ) from the Harold B. Lee Library @ BYU.〕 He did, it was good (he had a hard time convincing his mother that it was his), and that was the beginning of his career. Hafen became his lifelong friend and mentor.〔(Brief biography ) @ the Springville Museum of Art, with additional paintings.〕 He married that same year,〔 but his paintings were not successful, so he found it necessary to take other work, which ranged from assisting the photographer George Edward Anderson to selling newspapers.〔 He was called to be a missionary in the Southern States Mission of the Church from 1881 to 1883.〔(Biographical sketch ) @ MormonWiki.〕 Upon returning, he took a job in his father-in-law's store, painting furniture.〔 In 1890, together with Hafen, Edwin Evans and Lorus Pratt, he was awarded a two-year scholarship to study at the Académie Julian in Paris, where their primary instructor was Albert Rigolot, and they became known as the "French Art Missionaries". Upon their return, they executed the murals and frescoes for the Salt Lake Temple, which was consecrated in 1893. Years later, he also helped to decorate the Church Administration Building and the Mesa Arizona Temple.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Fairbanks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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