Like many chapels of the 1950s, Bancroft had commissioned paintings that were donated by someone in the local area. In this case, Iva Nelson and Moses William Rigby--who lived in Logan--donated these paintings done by Everett Thorpe. (The Rigbys commissioned other paintings done by Thorpe for local chapels in this same time period, including the one in Newton, Utah.)
A print of Salman's Head of Christ, a very popular painting in the post-WWII era, also hangs in the chapel.
The mural on the north side depicts Joseph Smith receiving the plates, as well as pioneers crossing the plains.
On the south side, the mural depicts the Miracle of the Gulls.
Let's hope these paintings stick around for a long time!
"Let's hope these paintings stick around for a long time!"
ReplyDeleteI hope so too. These have been up there for as long as I can remember. I thought for sure these would be taken down after the church recently started removing older artwork from ward buildings. I'm happy to see these are still hanging. It just wouldn't be the Bancroft Ward without them. Thanks for posting these, it brought back a lot of memories.