1905, Auburn, Nebraska – Rye, New York Emery Abraham (Donald) Forbes The Night the Barn Burned oil on board 1934 Museum Purchase Accession No: 1982.06.04 (click image for full view) Emery Abraham (Donald) Forbes Juggler and Company pencil, watercolor Museum Purchase Accession No: 1982.06.06 (click image for full view) Emery Abraham (Donald) Forbes Figure with Read More
Author: Maggie Pierson
Alice Cumbow: MONA collection artwork
1894, Wood Lake, Nebraska – 1994, Valentine, Nebraska Alice Cumbow Near the River Watercolor n.d. Gift of Norman & Jane Geske Accession No: 1981.03 (click image for full view) Alice Cumbow Untitled (fish hatchery) oil 17½ × 23½” Gift of Vern & Marlene Plambeck Accession No: 1988.26 (click image for full view)
Les Bruning: MONA collection artwork
b. 1948, Syracuse, Kansas Les Bruning Zanoo bronze 1981 Gift of Nebraska Arts Council, Governor’s Arts Award – 1981 Accession No: 1981.02 (click image for full view)
Duane Baker: MONA collection artwork
Biographical sketch of artist Duane Baker b. 1950, Dalton, Nebraska Duane Baker Cruise Acrylic on canvas 1981 Association of Nebraska Art Clubs – 1981 Accession No: 1981.01 (click image for full view)
Thomas Coleman: MONA Collection Artists
1935, Wichita, Kansas – 1971, Lincoln, Nebraska Thomas Coleman Pluto intaglio 1966 Gift of Nebraska Arts Council Accession No: 1978.04 (click image for full view) Thomas Coleman Postcard intaglio (1/20) Gift of Norman & Jane Geske Accession No: 1984.09 (click image for full view) Thomas Coleman Actor intaglio Gift of Norman & Jane Geske Accession Read More
Aaron Pyle
1909, Towanda, Kansas – 1972, Chappell, Nebraska View artwork Aaron Pyle was born in Towanda, Kansas but lived almost his entire life in Chappell, Nebraska. He was a student of Thomas Hart Benton in Kansas City, Missouri and adopted Benton’s rhythmic Regionalist style. Pyle’s paintings of the western landscape and life were frequent subjects for Read More
John Pusey
1905, Council Bluffs, Iowa – 1966 Pusey was born in Council, Bluffs, Iowa and studied art at Northwestern and Yale before going abroad. He established a reputation in Paris, Spain and North Africa before returning to Omaha in 1933. Pusey did several murals including ones in the old Chieftain Hotel in Council Bluffs and in a Read More
John Woodhouse Audubon: MONA Collection artwork
1812, Henderson, Kentucky – 1862, New York, New York John Woodhouse Audubon Prairie Wolf handcolored lithograph – octavo size 1842-1845 Gift of Andrew Carnegie Collection Accession No: 1977.02 (click image for full view) John Woodhouse Audubon Black Footed Ferret handcolored lithograph – imperial size 1846 Gift of Robert McKirahan Family in his memory Accession No: Read More
Phyllis Campbell Aspen: MONA collection artwork
1910, Broken Bow, Nebraska – 1995, Beatrice, Nebraska Biographical sketch of artist Phyllis Campbell Aspen Phyllis Campbell Aspen Young Girl ceramic 1944 Gift of the Artist Accession No: 1977.01 (click image for full view) Phyllis Campbell Aspen Hill Country watercolor 1984 11¼ × 8¾” Gift of Carl & Jane Rohman Accession No: 2005.19 (click image Read More
Susan Puelz
1942 – View artwork Susan Puelz was born in 1942 and received her BFA and MFA from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. In 1987 she became visiting assistant professor of art history and watercolor at UNL and remains in Lincoln to this day. Puelz is known for the vibrant coloration she creates in her Read More
