Ortho R. Fairbanks
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Ortho R. Fairbanks is one of the many members of the Fairbanks family who have been prominant artists.
Fairbanks was a grandson of painter John B. Fairbanks and the nephew of Avard Fairbanks. He was born in Salt Lake City and received a BFA from the University of Utah in 1952 taking classes from his Uncle Avard. He received his MFA in 1953 also from the University of Utah.[1]
From 1960-1968 Fairbanks was a professor at the Church College of Hawaii.[2]
Fairbanks sculpted a monument to John Morgan and his commercial college, one of the first business schools in Utah.[3] He has also made a sculpture to remember young childen who die.[4]
The statue of Karl G. Maeser on Brigham Young University campus is by Fairbanks.[5]
