Masters/Del Parson
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Del Parson
Born 1948 · United States
A Utah painter and teacher whose portraits of the Savior are among the most familiar images in Latter-day Saint homes.
Del Parson's paintings are under copyright, so this wing doesn't show them. Each card below opens the painting where its owner shares it.
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A family of artists
Delwin Oliver Parson was born in Ogden, Utah, in 1948 and grew up in Rexburg, Idaho, where his father taught art at Ricks College. He earned a master of fine arts in drawing and painting from BYU in 1975, and became a professor of art at Dixie College in 1988.
Sources: Wikipedia, Del Parson
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Painting the Savior
After his wife, Joycel, and their oldest daughter died in a car accident in 1978, he felt inspired to paint mostly religious subjects. In 1983 the Church commissioned his first portrait of Jesus, often called Christ in Red Robe. The Church has since commissioned more than 240 of his works.
Sources: Wikipedia, Del Parson
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Prints from the artist
Del Parson is living and sells prints of his paintings himself. The links below open the Church’s Gospel Media Library or his own site.
Sources: Del Parson Fine Art
The paintings
In the order of His life
Room 11 · My Father's Business
Read Luke 2:41–52
Childhood of Jesus Christ
View it on the Gospel Media LibraryRoom 42 · Once Blind, Now I See
Read John 9:1–38
Christ Healing a Blind Man
View it on the Gospel Media LibraryRoom 56 · He Washed Their Feet
Read John 13:1–17