The House of The World
The House of The World
SKU:MT1037914
Story Behind the Art
Story Behind the Art
“Holding the symbols of God’s love, Lehi waits for his family. His arm is an extension of the iron rod, which symbolizes the word of God, demonstrating that a prophet’s words are from the Lord. Sariah precedes her younger sons. Overcome, either with joy or fatigue, she clings to the rod nonetheless. Directly behind her is Nephi, who also grasps the rod while reaching out to her in concern. Sam holds onto Nephi and the rod.
Teichert reverses the expected assignment of light and dark. Lehi’s small group and much of the tree of life are shadowed while the building glows alluringly. Its golden statues convey the status of its throngs of people, and its glory seems to surpass that of the tree. As in real life, the blessings of faith and obedience are sometimes not as immediately apparent or attractive as the entrapments of Satan. (Book of Mormon: 1 Nephi 8:10, 12, 15, 18-19, 26-27)”
Reference: https://moastore.byu.edu/
Reproduced from the artist's original artwork of Oil on Canvas. Painted 1951.
About the Artist
About the Artist
1888 - 1976
The works of western American artist, Minerva Teichert, have received increasingly popular and critical acclaim in recent years. Today, Teichert is beloved among the LDS community as a woman who successfully combined faith and family and left an extraordinary legacy of artistic production.
Minerva Kohlhepp Teichert was born in North Ogden, but grew up homestead farming in the vicinity of American Falls, Idaho. Her father encouraged her childhood sketching and she soon developed an “indomitable will to succeed and excel in the field of art.” She taught school to raise enough money to go to Chicago for her art studies. From there her skills in art and design began to blossom!
Minerva Teichert art and paintings have a beauty all their own, her expression of color and symbolism give hope and peace to all those adorn their homes with her paintings.
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