Moroni and the Title of Liberty

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Minerva Teichert, 1930

Framing available for canvas prints between 10 & 21 inches.

Canvas prints are rolled and packaged in a shipping tube. Paper prints that are smaller than 14” are shipped flat and prints that are larger than 14” are rolled and shipped in a shipping tube.

Framed work is wrapped in packaging foam and shipped in a framed art box.

Description

Moroni and the Title of Liberty

Minerva Teichert, 1930

Holding high his rent garment inscribed with the title of liberty, Moroni is framed on either side by four soldiers–two are kneeling, writing their oaths on their torn garments, and two stand at Moroni’s side as they rend their garments in covenant. Probably painted in 1930, the mural reflects Teichert’s beaux-arts training in its linear quality, well-defined physical features, and a symmetry intensified by the use of framing figures. Moroni stands at the top of a stairway that is flanked by two images of the feathered serpent with startling turquoise eyes. The architecture suggests Moroni is rallying his people at a temple. The symmetry and perfect balance of the mural, the clouds on the horizon, and the still horses capture a moment of noble calm before the storm of battle. (Book of Mormon: Alma 46:12, 13, 19, 21)

Moroni and the Title of Liberty is part of the Pageants in Paint exhibition.

What’s Going On?

The foreground of the image has a set of stairs ascending and, at the top on each side, a Mesoamerican style faces with turquoise blue eyes look out.  Four male figures are on a platform at the top of the stairs.  The central standing figure wears a helmet, a sword at his waist, a large shield on his left arm, and is carrying a pole with a banner aloft unfurled behind his head.  To his right and left are standing figures, both wearing helmets and tearing striped mantels.  Two figures writing flank the three central figures.  Behind the group of figures are a team of horses and a chariot.

More About Teichert

The works of western American artist, Minerva Teichert, have received increasingly popular and critical acclaim in recent years. Today, the LDS community loves Teichert. She is a woman who successfully combined both faith and family and left an extraordinary legacy of artistic production.

Minerva Kohlhepp was born in North Ogden, but grew up homestead farming in the vicinity of American Falls, Idaho. Her father encouraged her childhood sketching. Soon, she developed an “indomitable will to succeed and excel in the field of art.” She taught school to raise enough money to go to Chicago for her art studies.

She attended the Art Institute of Chicago and Art Students League of New York in the early 1900s. There, mural paintings and theatrical pageants were dynamic components of American popular culture. Teichert embraced these art forms.

Additional information

Material

Canvas, Paper

Size

10" x 6.7", 14" x 9.3", 21" x 14", 30" x 20", 36" x 24"

Frame

Black, Espresso, Natural, Print Only

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