1926, Omaha, Nebraska (Helen Elaine Harper) (Elaine Stranahan) (Elaine Badgley) (Elaine Kozloff) Painter, sculptor, printmaker and installation artist, Elaine Arnoux wrote that “the discipline of my Nebraska roots, motherhood, and the allure of California’s landscape have inspired diverse and colorful periods of art.” (ebaart.com) Much of her work has focused on individuals of wide-ranging lives Read More
Author: Maggie Pierson
Ruth Matilda Anderson
1893, Phelps County, Nebraska – 1983, New York, New York Ruth Matilda Anderson was an American photographer who traveled in the 1920s to document Spanish culture for The Hispanic Society of America. During this decade, she made five working trips to Spain beginning when she was age 30. Her first trip was with a nationwide Read More
Phyllis Campbell Aspen
1910, Broken Bow, Nebraska – 1995, Beatrice, Nebraska (Phyllis Campbell) View artwork An energetic, talented, and dedicated ceramicist, painter, and teacher, Phyllis Campbell Aspen had creative and educational influence on Nebraska’s 20th century fine-art culture, especially ceramic arts. She traveled so widely that a chronological listing of where and when she went seems dizzying. But Read More
Parnelia “Nell” Spethman Augustine
1884 Grand Island, Nebraska – 1960 Grand Island, Nebraska View artwork Receiving special attention for her drawing at the 1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska, Parnelia, or Nell as she was called, was then a 14-year old girl from Grand Island, Nebraska, the daughter of Dietrick and Margaret Spethman. Her entry received public Read More
Josephine Homan Catlin
1842, Huntington, New York – 1924, San Diego, California (Mrs. Charles Catlin) View artwork Introducing American modernist art directly from New York City to Omaha, Nebraska and establishing in 1877 the first formal art instruction in Omaha, Josephine Catlin organized a class which was so successful that it “soon filled to the utmost extent of Read More
Marie Jakl
1890, Omaha, Nebraska – 1983, Omaha, Nebraska View artwork Born in Omaha as the youngest child of Bohemian parents, Marie Jakl was a locally recognized painter beginning in the 1940s. After her death in 1983, her name and artwork faded from public attention. However, several decades later, thanks to Patricia Halderman, researcher from Lincoln, Nebraska, Read More
Jack Karraker: MONA collection artwork
1935, St. Louis, Missouri – 2019, Kearney, Nebraska Jack Karraker Untitled (family) oil 1964 Gift of Harry & Zellamae Hoffman Accession No: 1987.17 (click image for full view) Jack Karraker Untitled (abstract) watercolor on paper 1973 Gift of Larry Schulte Accession No: 1993.23 (click image for full view) Jack Karraker Spring oil on canvas 1969 Read More
Steve Joy: MONA collection artwork
1952, Plymouth, England – Steve Joy Portrait of a Lady (after Petrus Christus) wax, oil, acrylic, gold leaf, Japanese ink on panel 2005 Gift of Jo Anderson, Anderson O’Brien Fine Art Accession No: 2006.19.abcd (click image for full view) Steve Joy Tuareg acrylic, gold leaf, Japanese ink, oil, wax on panel 2010 Gift of Harry Read More
Edgar Jerins: MONA collection artwork
1958, Lincoln, Nebraska – Edgar Jerins Tom in His Mother’s House charcoal on paper 2001 Museum Purchase made possible by Scott & Cheryl Morris Accession No: 2003.19 (click image for full view) Edgar Jerins Andy’s Living Room charcoal on paper 2010 Museum Purchase made possible MONA Guild Accession No: 2014.23.01 (click image for full view)
Ernie L. Jensen: MONA collection artwork
1944, Englewood, California – 2008, Kearney, Nebraska Ernie L. Jensen John Reddy black & white photograph 1986 Gift of Ernie and Judy Jensen, Jack and Ruth Rall Accession No: 1996.21 (click image for full view)
