Edward T. Grigware was born in Michigan and raised in Spokane, Washington. After following an art career in Chicago for twenty-six years, he chose to make his home in Cody, Wyoming. Winner of many awards, he has exhibited his work in many national art shows and international exhibits. His murals grace the walls of dozen building from Chicago to Los Angeles, including the "Garden of Eden" room of the Mormon temple in Los Angeles.

Not being a member of the Mormon Church, Mr. Grigware spent a full year studying its history in order to obtain a background and feel for his assignment. It then took him eleven months to paint his concept of the early history of the Mormons. In describing his painting of a "remarkable story," Mr. Grigware has said: "I have painted the love and respect that I hold in my heart for these indomitable people."

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Edward Thomas Grigware 1889-1960
Eleanor Jewett, art critic for the Chicago Tribune, has said of Edward Grigware: "His stirring paintings are virile, colorful, magnificent. Whether he paints a sketch or a large canvas, back of each is consummate skill and great knowledge. A flair for composition, a sure touch, a relentless pursuit of accuracy, and an intense feeling for beauty. Never a wrong note struck, never a flaw permitted. Brilliance, dash, vigor."