West Springville with View of Mt. Nebo, (1894) by John Hafen
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John Hafen (Swiss-Born/Utah, 1856-1910)
In this painting, John Hafen uses the same color palette as the Garden Room in Salt Lake City's LDS Temple, which he painted only two years prior.
Hafen immigrated to the United States from Switzerland as a child and settled in Utah, where he displayed artistic talent from a young age. In 1890, he was part of a group of "art missionaries" sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to study at the Académie Julian in Paris, preparing to create murals for the nearly completed Salt Lake Temple. Upon returning to Utah, Hafen painted rural landscapes and portraits of LDS General Authorities. Alice Merrill Horne later referred to him as "Utah's greatest artist."
