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Albert Einstein, in Discussion with Robert Oppenheimer in Office Institute for Advanced Study (1946)by Alfred EisenstaedtLess than a year after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, NBC collaborated with Albert Einstein to explain to the American public the science behind...
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The stalwart figure, who confidently strides forward with walking stick in hand and a Bible held firmly under his left arm, was unveiled on Thanksgiving Day in 1887. Representing more than just the singular man on which it was based, The Puritan stands for qualities of resilience, courage and moral fortitude—the all-important makings of an early American settler.
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“Truly all if remarkable and a wellspring of amazement and wonder. Man is so fortunate to dwell in this American Garden of Eden.” Albert Bierstadt Albert Bierstadt’s painting, “Mt. Timpanogos at Sunset,” was shown at the Corcoran Gallery — now...
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Lorus Pratt (Tooele, UT 1855 - 1923, Salt Lake City, UT)with Albert-Gabriel Rigolot (French, 1862 - 1932)Landscape with Pond (c. 1890)25 1/4 x 18 1/4 in., Oil on canvas.Anthony’s Fine Art, Salt Lake CityLorus Pratt was one of five Utahans...
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Minerva Teichert (AMERICAN/UTAH, 1888 - 1976) 68 x 115 inches Oil on Canvas Signed lower left ABOUT THE PAINTING This painting by Minerva Teichert of the explorer Captain Benjamin Bonneville, who paved the way for the Mormon pioneers, represents the...
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