Lorus Bishop Pratt

Wikipedia Biographical Summary:

"...Lorus Bishop Pratt (1855–1923) was a Latter-day Saint artist and missionary.

Pratt served a mission in Pennsylvania for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) starting in 1875.[1] He also served as a missionary in Missouri.

Pratt also was in England where he assisted his father, Orson Pratt, in organizing the current chapter and verse set up in the LDS Church edition of the Book of Mormon.

Lorus Pratt was an English instructor at the University of Deseret.

In 1890, he went to France as a missionary. The main thing he did on this mission was to learn painting to help on the murals in the Salt Lake Temple. While on this mission, Pratt held the position of president of the French Mission. At the point that Lorus left on this mission, his wife Elzina was six months pregnant.

Pratt married Harriett Elzina Wheeler. They had six children.

Pratt was involved in creating the art work in the St. George Utah Temple, Manti Utah Temple, Logan Utah Temple and the Salt Lake Temple.

Many of Pratt's paintings deal with agriculture. Some of it specifically invokes French peasant life. He also painted several portraits..."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Lorus Pratt', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 15 November 2010, 11:37 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorus_Pratt&oldid=396889236> [accessed 20 December 2011]

Obituary:

Artist of Utah Temples Expires

Salt Lake Dec. 31—Lorus Pratt, 68, Utah artist, died Sunday at his home 119 Harvard avenue. He was born in the early settlement of the Salt Lake valley in 1855. His parents were Apostle Orson Pratt and Adelia Ann Bishop Pratt, who emigrated to Utah with the pioneers of 1847.

Lorus Pratt was a faithful LDS church worker all his life and filled two foreign missions and also labored for about two years in Missouri and in Pennsylvania. He married Harriette Elzina Wheeler.

In 1890 he was called to continue his studies in art and went to Paris, France, where he prepared himself to decorate the LDS temple. He was privileged to decorate in the first four temples built in Utah and was one of those who had charge of the decorating and painting in the Salt Lake temple. He also was active as a ward worker, and filled many home missions. He left behind his masterpieces in the world of art.

Those surviving him are a widow and the following sons and daughters; Lorus O. Pratt, Lola P. Baker, Marva P. Kidman, Josephine, Clifton J. and Alton M. Pratt.

SOURCE: Ogden Standard Examiner, Dec. 31, 1923. Retrieved from http://jared.pratt-family.org/orson_family_histories/lorus_pratt_ob...

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