American artist and illustrator Arnold Friberg was one of America's most famous and popular artists. He also was a key artistic advisor for Cecil B. DeMille's movie The Ten Commandments (1956), for which he was a costume designer and assistant art director. Arnold Friberg received an Academy Award nomination for his work on The Ten Commandments.
Arnold Friberg is a Latter-day Saint (a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).
Arnold Friberg is best known for his paintings of Christian and heroic American scenes. His paintings were long featured in the editions of the Book of Mormon distributed by Latter-day Saint missionaries all over the world.