1926, New York, New York – Biographical sketch of artist James Bama James Bama Mountain Man with Rifle oil on canvas 1982 Gift of Michael B. Yanney Accession No: 1992.06 (click image for full view) James Bama Studies for Winter on Trout Creek pencil, oil 1986 Gift of CliffsNotes Accession No: 1991.02 (click image for Read More
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Milton Wolsky
1916, Omaha, Nebraska – 1981, Omaha, Nebraska View artworks Born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1916, Milton Laban Wolsky graduated from the University of Omaha (now University of Nebraska at Omaha), where he studied art during the depression years and portraiture with Omaha artist J. Laurie Wallace. He continued his studies at two prestigious art schools Read More
William Wolfram
1936, Mason City, Iowa – View artwork Wolfram studied at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota and received his BA, 1959 and MA, 1960. He received his MFA from the University of Arizona. Wolfram taught at Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebraska. “Art works reach beyond the sanctity of the museum or there is no need for Read More
Robert Willits
1946, Omaha, Nebraska – View artwork Willits was born 1946, in Omaha, Nebraska. He received Master of humanities Education at Chadron State College. His work is figurative because the figurative image is the least ambiguous and thus allows hime to create his visual puns and comments in a direct and succinct manner. View artwork
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
1820, Springfield, Ohio – 1910, Summit, New Jersey View artwork Born on a farm near Springfield, Ohio, Thomas Worthington Whittredge started out as a house and sign painter in Cincinnati, then worked briefly as a photographer and portraitist in Indiana and West Virginia before turning to landscape painting in 1843. Backed by wealthy Cincinnatians, he Read More
Dan Whetstone
1945, Omaha, Nebraska – 1995, Omaha, Nebraska View artworks Dan Whetstone attended the University of Omaha from 1965-66, and the Sculpture Center, Monterey, CA in 1971-72, under Gordon Newell. He died April 5, 1995 View artworks
Robert Weaver
1935, Stillwater, Kansas – 2018, Lincoln, Nebraska View artwork Robert Weaver was born in Stilwell, Kansas in 1935. He received his BA from the Kansas City Art Institute, his BFA from the University of New Mexico in 1965, and his MFA from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1968. Weaver is known for his Read More
Virginia Wattles
1939, Kearney, NE – View artwork Virginia Wattles has been a professional artist for several years after retiring from a twenty-seven year career as an art educator. In 1991 she was named Nebraska’s Artist/Educator of the year and is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America since 1991 and The society of Portrait Read More
J. (John) Laurie Wallace
1864, Garvagh, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland – 1953, Omaha, Nebraska View artwork J.Laurie Wallace studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia under Thomas Eakins. Eakins considered Wallace his favorite student, and by 1881 he had become one of Eakins’ assistants at the Academy, holding the position of Chief Demonstrator of Anatomy. During this time, Read More
Peter Walkley
1952, Orange, Texas – View artwork Peter Walkley was born in Orange, Texas on October 29, 1952. He attended the Omaha Art School in 1972 and currently works in the Marketing Department as a designer of the Omaha World Herald. Walkley describes himself as “a self taught painter working with acrylics in a precise realism, Read More
