Frank Magleby (March 22, 1928 – December 17, 2013) was an American painter and educator. He taught Art at

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for 35 years, and he designed murals in the

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Life

Magleby was born on March 22, 1928, in

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. His maternal uncle,

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, was a painter. Magleby graduated from

, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1950 and a master's degree in 1952. He attended the

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, and he received a doctor of education from

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in 1969. Magleby taught Art at Brigham Young University from 1959 to 1994. He was also a painter, and he did many landscape paintings for

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. In 2001, Magleby designed murals in the

alongside Gary Smith, Jim Christiansen, Doug Fryer, Chris Young, and Robert Marshall. Some of his artwork was acquired by the

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. Magleby was a member of LDS Church, and he married Mildred Elizabeth Boise in the Salt Lake Temple in 1956. They resided in

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, with their five children. Magleby died on December 17, 2013.

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External links

Frank Magleby interviewed by Glen Leonard - Episode 9
on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints website 1928 births 2013 deaths People from Idaho Falls, Idaho Brigham Young University alumni Art Students League of New York alumni Teachers College, Columbia University alumni Brigham Young University faculty American landscape painters American male painters American muralists American Latter Day Saint artists Artists from Idaho Painters from Utah 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters Painters from Idaho {{US-painter-1920s-stub