Have You Seen This Lee Greene Richards?
A local family looks for the portrait of their mother painted in 1936 by Lee Greene Richards.
Notes for Bob & Bill Cupid & the Richards Girls Stories of Love and Art in Utah’s History
If for no other reason than that health insurance isn’t cheap, good sense would suggest that for love artists should look outside their own immediate circle — say, to lawyers and doctors and such. But stodgy, clean-cut Good Sense is no match for the shock and awe campaigns […]
Bailout Blues: Federal Art Projects in the ’30s
During the past few months, I must have had an average of ten phone calls per week either telling me who to vote for or asking my opinion about the important matters of the day. One of those important matters, as evidenced by frequent references, was the idea […]
Around the Block with Lee Greene Richards
Among the blue hairs and Buicks, I completed my annual Memorial Day flower ritual at the Salt Lake City Cemetery this past weekend. While wandering about looking for water, my attention shifted to family names on many of the head stones: Cannon, Young, Smith, Kimball, and Moyle (sorry—had […]
