Richard G. Oman
Richard G. Oman is the Senior Curator and Curator of Acquisitions at the Historical Department for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He holds a B.A. in history from Brigham Young University and a second B.A. in art history from the University of Washington and has done graduate work at the University of Washington. Two related publications that he has authored are “Sources for Mormon Visual Arts,” in Mormon Americana: A Guide to Source and Collections in the United States, ed. David J. Whittaker (Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1995); and Images of Faith: Art of the Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1995), which he coauthored with Robert O. Davis.
BYU Studies Publications
- “What Think Ye of Christ?”: An Art Historian’s Perspective
- “Ye Shall See the Heavens Open”: Portrayal of the Divine and the Angelic in Latter-day Saint Art
- A View of Nauvoo
- Behold the Condescension of God: A Scriptural Perspective on Three Nativity Scenes
- Exterior Symbolism of the Salt Lake Temple: Reflecting the Faith That Called the Place into Being
- Henri-Robert Bresil’s Alma Baptizing in the Waters of Mormon
- Lehi's Vision of the Tree of Life: A Cross-Cultural Perspective in Contemporary Latter-day Saint Art
- Minerva Teichert: Pageants in Paint
- Mormon Arts, Volume I [second review]
- Outward Bound: A Painting of Religious Faith
- Quiet Acts of Religious Devotion: The Art of Judith Mehr
- Quilting Sisters
- Richard Burde: Spiritual Reflections
- Sacred Connections: LDS Pottery in the Native American Southwest
