LeConte-Stewart Outing

Yesterday I saw a video on ksl.com about a new joint exhibition of work by LeConte Stewart at the Utah Museum of Fine Art and the Church Museum of History and Art in Salt Lake City. I suggested to Anna that we should go, and the rest, as they say, is history. We started at the UFMA and enjoyed their part of the exhibit very much. I explained that we had a connection: LeConte had stayed with my Grandma Hansen and she had one of his paintings. It was at the Church Museum, however, that the connection became clear.

Emily, having read some of the supplementary materials in the display, told me that Stewart's mother, like my Grandma Hansen, was a Hepler. I moseyed over to the display and had a look for myself while Emily made a quick visit to FamilySearch on her iPhone. I was gobsmacked to see the photo of LeConte's mother, Anna Hepler Stewart, who looks very much like Amelia Hepler Hansen, my grandmother. Emily's search revealed that Anna and Millie were, indeed, sisters; LeConte and my mother were first cousins! I don't know how that important bit of information had escaped me these many years.

Anna Hepler Stewart

Amelia Hepler Hansen

LeConte Stewart by Alvin Gittins

The crew at UFMA

Headed to the Church Museum of Art from our
parking spot on 2nd Avenue in SLC

Lucy Jane freezing for my available-light,
no-flash photo

A purloined photo of a piece that I liked very much

He captures the spirit of the Utah of my youth

Clara chose the pose as we headed back to the car

This was a great outing, made even better by the discovery of a significant bit of family history.

That's all for now.

OXO

D.