in the United States and Europe. Upon his death, his estate constituted 320 pieces of sculpture, 590 oil paintings, 5,500 watercolors, 2,600 prints, and thousands of drawings. Young was the first Utah artist to have his work displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Moreover, Young received nearly every award offered to artists in Utah. The Springville Museum of Art called Young "Utah's most famous New York-based artist". According to the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Young gained a national reputation for his sculpture and graphic art. Guy Pène du Bois said, "Mahonri Young belongs among...those who of the strain of Michelangelo, Titian, Rubens, Goya, Renoir, and Millet...he is a rare sculptor in America". Young was a member of the American Watercolor Society. In 1940, the Addison Gallery of American Art hosted a retrospective exhibit of Young's various works. In 1999, the Brigham Young University Museum of Art in Provo, Utah opened a year-long exhibition of Mahonri Young's work called "Mahonri: A Song of Joys". The Young family donated over 7,000 various works of Young to Brigham Young University. Additionally, the BYU Museum of Art held an exhibition of Young's work during summer 2019. See also Statues of Joseph and Hyrum Smith Footnotes Citations References External links Mahonri Macintosh Young — works held by the Utah Museum of Fine Arts Mahonri Macintosh Young — works held by the Springville Museum of Art Mahonri Young — Smithsonian American Art Museum Mahonri M. Young papers, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, BYU Taylor A. Woolley Papers at University of Utah Digital Library, Marriott Library Special Collections 1877 births 1957 deaths American Latter Day Saint artists Art Students League of New York alumni Art Students League of New York faculty Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Olympic gold medalists in art competitions People from Ridgefield, Connecticut Artists from Salt Lake City Richards–Young family Social realist artists 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century male artists American male sculptors Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics American expatriates in France Sculptors from New York (state) Sculptors from Utah Olympic competitors in art competitions Harold B. Lee Library-related 19th century articles