1856, Burton, West Virginia – 1927, Greeley, Colorado Solomon D. ButcherSylvester Rawding house, north of Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska, 1886 black & white photograph (from glass plate negative in the Nebraska State Historical Society Collection) c. 1982-1984 Gift of John Carter Accession No: NA 2007.01.02 (click image for full view) Solomon D. ButcherThe Huckleberry house, Read More
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Emma M. Baegl: MONA collection artwork
1896 Lincoln, Nebraska – 1998 Lincoln, Nebraska Biographical sketch of artist Emma M. Baegl Emma M. Baegl Still Life oil on linen n.d. 15 × 18″ Gift of Lincoln Artists’ Guild Accession No: 2008.25.02 (click image for full view)
Alan F. Alexander: MONA collection artwork
1932, Grand Island, Nebraska – 2003, Phoenix, Arizona Alan F. Alexander Packin’ In oil on canvas 1981 16 × 24″ Gift of Mary Alexander Woestman and Jack & Ruth Alexander Rall in memory of Frank Alexander Accession No: 1987.01 (click image for full view)
Jackie Abell: MONA collection artwork
1963, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland Jackie Abell UP charcoal on paper 2005 Museum Purchase made possible by MONA Guild Accession No: 2006.32 (click image for full view)
Rudolf Daniel Ludwig Cronau: MONA collection artwork
1855, Solingen, Prussia – 1939, Tarrytown, New York Biographical sketch of artist Rudolf Daniel Ludwig Cronau Rudolf Daniel Ludwig Cronau Schiosapa. a Dakota Indian Drawing made at Ft. Randall, S. Dakota, in order to show arrangement of the scalp. Oct. 31, 1881 graphite on artist board 1881 16 × 12¾” Museum Purchase made possible by Read More
Rudolf Daniel Ludwig Cronau
1855, Solingen, Prussia – 1939, Tarrytown, New York View artwork Rudolf Daniel Ludwig Cronau was born in Solingen, Prussia (Germany) in 1855. He was a Düsseldorf-schooled artist who made several trips to America as a newspaper correspondent. Additionally, he was a prolific writer of magazine articles and books relating to his western travels, American history, Read More
Tressa Pond Emerson Benson: MONA collection artwork
1896, Bucksport, Maine – 1987, Tallahassee, Florida Biographical sketch of artist Tressa Pond Emerson Benson Tressa Pond Emerson Benson Untitled (four figures) oil on board c. 1960s 4 × 5″ Museum Purchase made possible by Clay & Beth Smith Accession No: 2015.29.01 (click image for full view)
Tressa Pond Emerson Benson
1896 Bucksport, Maine – 1987 Tallahassee, Florida (Tressa Pond Emerson) View artwork With a long career as an art teacher and painter, Tressa Benson was known for oil and watercolor landscapes, still lifes, figures, portraits, and city genre scenes in a modernist style. She spent most of her career in Illinois, but was in Lincoln, Read More
Ida May Anderson
1893, Nebraska – 1969, Orange, California Nebraska born to Swedish parents Theodore Curtis Anderson and Katherine Clara (Hoch) Anderson, Ida May Anderson left her native state and by 1930 was living alone in Denver. Moving further west, she was in Los Angeles in 1940 and listed in census records as a teacher with four years Read More
Lucy Maris Lane Anderson
1881, Waterloo, Iowa – 1975, Fort Dodge, Iowa A regionalist painter, organizer of fine art events, and wife and mother, Lucy Anderson completed over 1,000 paintings during her lifetime. She lived mainly in Iowa, although had studied at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. She also spent some time in Omaha, Nebraska where she briefly Read More
