LeConte Stewart (1891–1990) was a truly great American landscape artist. A native of Glenwood, Utah, he worked in the visual language and direct impressionistic techniques he acquired from leading artist–teachers in New York and Pennsylvania. In 1938 he became head of the art department at the University of Utah. He created thousands of splendid paintings over an 80–year career. Beyond others who portrayed the regional landscape settled by the Mormon pioneers in the valleys of the Utah mountains, LeConte depicted the appearance and character of this land. He was able to grasp and render the different moods, the essence of place and seasonal weather effects, to impart an unmatched artistic sensibility, and to express his feelings and convey the meaning of those things, he said, "that are introspective, that you peer into, that you understand and feel."