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- Artist Arnold Friberg graduated from the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in 1935. In 1953, Cecil B. DeMille, after searching worldwide for a powerful Biblical artist, was shown Friberg's religious series then in progress. In 1957-58, Friberg's monumental 15 paintings series for "The Ten Commandments" toured the world, and was part of DeMille's exhibit honoring the 100th year of Hollywood, an exhibit seen by more than one million viewers.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpousesHeidi Miller Grosskopf(? - July 1, 2010) (his death, 2 children)Hedve Mae Baxter(? - 1986) (her death, 2 children)
- Arnold Friberg was a famous, celebrated American artist during the mid-20th Century who was hired by Cecil B. DeMille to provide production drawings and paintings and conceptual art in the making of "The Ten Commandments" (1956). In this capacity he was an assistant Art Director. He also was given the task of creating all the paintings for the original souvenir program book, and some of the movie poster artwork, for the film.
- He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago, Illinois and at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City. He worked for advertising agencies and painted covers for magazines like the Saturday Evening Post.
- He was drafted into the United States Army during World War II where he entered in the infantry and served in Europe and Pacific.
- He is survived by his daughter-in-law Jayana Friberg-Cleamons; his second wife Heidi Miller Grosskopf; sons, Frank Friberg, Peter Friberg, and Izzie Friberg Dominy; and daughter Pat Friberg. He is survived by ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
- Son of a Swedish father and Norwegian mother. The family moved to Arizona in 1916 where they converted to Mormonism.
- On the Ten Commandments artwork: I chose the colors of Moses' robe: red with black and white to contrast with the Egyptians' light-colored garb.
- On the painting, "The Prayer at Valley Forge:" It was deserted, the win moaning through the great trees, silent, lonely cold. It was a cold that chilled to the bone. A cold that froze my fingers until I could not longer sketch nor even snap my camera.
- [on his audience]: The guy down the street. My goal is to tell stories.
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