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EDWARD MARYON
born 1931
Olpin, Robert S., William C. Seifrit, and Vern G. Swanson. ARTISTS OF UTAH. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1999: 171.
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BiographyMaryon, Edward D. "Ed" (1931-). A Salt Lake City-born artist, this outstanding painter, educator, and arts administrator holds degrees from the University of Utah (B.F.A., 1952; M.F.A., 1956), and began as a faculty member there in 1958. The creator of exquisite scenes, usually in watercolor, Maryon has also served as art department chair and dean of the College of Fine Arts. According to the autumn 1975 "Utah Arts Newsletter", "He has served as Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Formation of the American Institute for the Arts in Higher Education, and as Chairman of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans. Edward Maryon has won numerous awards for his paintings, watercolors and graphics.... He will serve as Chairman of the Visual Arts Committee." After eighteen years of art at the U of U, he still paints and lives in Salt Lake City. His wife, Judy Maryon (q.v.), a former student advisor for the U of U Department of Art, is also a painter. (b. April 5)
Olpin, Robert S., William C. Seifrit, and Vern G. Swanson. ARTISTS OF UTAH. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1999: 171.