Reuben Kirkham

Reuben John Kirkham (13 October 1845, Spalding, Lincolnshire - 17 April 1886, Logan, Utah)[1] was an American landscape painter.

[3] The gift of a paint box several years earlier had given him the desire to become an artist, and he taught himself while performing odd jobs.

After a time of wandering, he made friends with the painter, Alfred Lambourne, a fellow Englishman, and they painted scenes for the Lehi Music Hall.

A trip back East in 1874, with the intent of taking formal lessons, ended with his money being stolen.

Later, he spent two years (1883-1885) touring Utah with a nineteen scene panorama, based on episodes and places from the Book of Mormon.