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SECOND PUCE PERSONAL RECOLLECTION JOHN STANSFIELD, ARTIST OF RENOWN Dorothy Jacobs Buchanan 680 East 1st South Sale Lake City, Utah 84102 The name John Stansfield is synonymous with the word "art" in Sanpete County, and also throughout the State of Utah. Who knows how far his fame has extended. Though he is no longer with us, he has left paintings that represent him now and will continue to do so as long as the I realize now, as my years accumulate, how fortunate I am to have known Mr. Stansfield and to have admired each proud and grateful that I own one of his paintings - Mt. Nebo from the Sanpete side * I always admired Mt * Nebo as we saw it near Nephi as we rode on Highway 91, but I con-east side in Sanpete County. teach school again and earn some money of my own, one of the first gestures I made was to write to Mr. Stansfield and ask him to paint me a scene of Mt. Nebo, as I desired it. He obligingly painted this for me, just as I wanted it. Jt has hung over my fireplace in my home for many a fine painter of scenes and other objects. Several people borrowed the painting and copied it. My daughter, this paint in§ in the masteir Dediroom ol the house. Several years after I received the painting, Mr. 104 |
