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Show painted scenes of France and made copies of old masters and was chagrined to discover such a ready market for these. He more than once complained that he had more trouble selling an original than a copy. Among his honors were the 1940 Anna Hyatt Huntington Award of the American Federation of Arts for his work in promoting art on the Pacific Coast. Leo was serious about his professional associations. He was a president of the Utah Art Institute, charter member and president of the American Federation of Artists, and a director and treasurer of the Pacific Arts Association. In addition to these, he was one of the four organizers of the annual Springville Exhibition in Utah, a founder of Kappa Kappa Alpha, national art honorary (now Kappa Phi), an advisory member of the Federated Council of Art Education; he was also a member of the American Association of University Professors, American Artists' Professional League, New York Architectural League, Utah and Oregon State Teachers' Associations, Society of Oregon Artists, Professional Art League, Alpha Delta Sigma, the Salt Lake Exchange Club, and the Triad Club of Corvallis, Oregon. He authored many articles on art and art education for professional journals, delivered radio addresses, and lectured to women's clubs and associations of photographers and also jewelers in Washington, Oregon, California, and New York. He was quoted as saying, "Nothing is more delightful than creating lovely things and helping others to appreciate the beautiful." Jewelry making was one of his hobbies. So were leather work, applied arts in general, hiking, archery, bridge, music, and drama. He traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. In about 1943, he began suffering from heart trouble and a kidney ailment, but he did not cut back on his activities. He continued a full teaching schedule and had several major projects under consideration, including nine additional murals for the Oregon State College library. On Wednesday evening, October 2, 1946, he was stricken with a heart attack and was immediately taken to the hospital in Corvallis where he died early Thursday morning. Funeral services were held in Corvallis. Bishop LeGrand Richards of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints conducted additional services in Salt Lake City. Speakers who eulogized him were Dr. Franklin West, President Stayner Richards, Bishop Marvin O. Ashton, and Lynn R. Fairbanks, a cousin. Leo was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah. Throughout a lifetime of seeking the good, the true, and the beautiful, J. Leo Fairbanks put into practice the creed that he wrote for himself: CREED Art is for service; for making things beautiful as well as useful; For lifting men above the sordid things that grind and depress; To give a joyous optimism in one's work; To realize, during one's leisure, the ideals that have been |
