Painters of Utah's Canyons and Deserts

Vividly illustrated and exhaustively researched and documented, Painters of Utah's Canyons and Deserts weaves a sweeping tapestry of artists' attempts to capture the majesty, rare beauty, and raw danger of Utah's frontier West.

A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF ARTISTS WHO PAINTED SOUTHERN UTAH, INCLUDING:

Solomon Nunes Carvalho

Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

John Heber Stansfield

William Keith

Samuel Coleman

Thomas Moran

Minerva B. K. Teichert

Maynard Dixon

LeConte Stewart

J. Roman Andrus

Birger Sandzén

Everett Ruess

Georgia O'Keeffe

Max Ernst

Alfred Lambourne

Henry L. A. Culmer

Donald Beauregard

Donna L. Poulton is Associate Curator of Utah and Western Art at the University of Utah's Museum of Fine Arts. She has written articles on Utah and Western art, and is the coauthor of Utah Art, Utah Artists. She lives in Salt Lake City.

Vern G. Swanson has been the director of the Springville, Utah, Museum of Art since 1980. He has published fourteen art history books as sole or joint author, five of these on Utah art, a major tome titled Dynasty of the Holy Grail, and Soviet Impressionist Painting. He lives in Springville, Utah.