208:. Fairbanks moved his family to Alberta, Canada to run a farm, but returned to Salt Lake City due to droughts and difficult winters. Back in Salt Lake City, Fairbanks resumed painting, giving private art lessons and running a small farm to provide for his family. Fairbanks spent time in New York City where he made copies of art pieces from the Metropolitan Museum to sell. Avard Fairbanks joined his father to copy pieces soon after. Fairbanks helped his son cultivate his work and develop his technique, hoping Avard would be able to achieve a level of success that he had not. They returned to Salt Lake City after commissions and finances dwindled. In 1914, Fairbanks accompanied Avard to Paris where he was to study at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts. Here, Fairbanks studied privately.
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228:). In 1933, Fairbanks and his sons created the Mormon display to tell the story of Mormonism through art for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Avard sculpted, J. Leo created stained glass, and Fairbanks painted. Although he painted until the very last days of his life, he never achieved wide recognition. Fairbanks died on June 15, 1940, at the age of 84 from recurring kidney stones.
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to paint. During this time, he created more artworks in this area than any other artist. Additionally, he was the first artist to live and paint in Zion
National Park. In 1917, while painting there, he met his second wife, Florence Gifford, who was almost forty years his junior. They married on
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200:, suffered no serious injuries and grew up to be a well-known sculptor. After the death of his wife, Fairbanks moved his family to Ogden, Utah and became the first supervisor in Ogden public schools. In 1902, struggling to support his seven children, he accepted an offer of employment from
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