biography of John Leo FAIRBANKS (1878/80-1946)

Birth place: Payson, UT

Death place: Corwvallis, OR

Addresses: Corvallis, OR

Profession: Painter, sculptor, architect, illustrator, lecturer, teacher, writer

Studied: his father, John Boylston Fairbanks (see entry); Académie Julian, Paris with J.P. Laurens, Peuch, and Verlet, 1903; also with L. Simon and Bohn in Paris; Columbia; Chicago Univ.

Member: AAPL; AFA; Soc. Oregon Artists; Arch. Lg.

Work: Mormon Temple, Hawaii; Salt Lake Temple; Oregon State College; State War Mem., Idaho; Mesa, AZ; Temple, Logan, Utah; Hall of Religion, Century of Progress, Chicago, IL; Expo, San Diego.

Comments: Lectures: Home Building; City Planning. Positions: art supervisor, Salt Lake City Schools, 1904-23; teacher Latter Day Saints Univ.; head of Art Dept., Oregon State College, 1923-46. Illustrator, The Book of Mormon.

Sources: WW40; P&H Samuels, 162-63.