1945, Oakland, Nebraska – View artwork Descended from homesteaders, Mark Moseman was raised on a farm near Oakland, Nebraska. After earning degrees in architecture and city planning, he taught at New York’s Syracuse University and was an urban designer in Phoenix, Arizona and Kansas City, Missouri. He also studied at the Kansas City Art Institute. Read More
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Wright Morris
1910, Central City, Nebraska – 1998, Mill Valley, California View artwork Wright Morris was born on January 6, 1910 in Central City, Nebraska. His mother, Grace Osborn Morris, died within days of his birth, leaving Morris “half an orphan.” His father, Will Morris, was a traveler and “wanderer” who often left Wright in the care of Read More
Alfred Jacob Miller
1810, Baltimore, Maryland – 1874, Baltimore, Maryland View Artwork Miller was born in Baltimore. He studied portraiture with Thomas Sully from 1831-32. In 1833 he went to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and later at the English Life School in Rome. Upon his return he opened a portrait studio in Baltimore but was Read More
Douglas Martin
1947, Newton, Kansas – View artwork Martin grew up in Hassington, Kansas, where he attended high school. He earned his BFA from Kansas State university in 1971 and received an MFA from UNL in 1975. In 1979, he was living in New York. View artwork
Jane Golding Marie (Dadey)
1951, Stratton, Nebraska – View artwork Jane Golding Marie was born May 12, 1951 in Stratton, Nebraska and received her BA from Kearney State College in 1972. She was an elementary school teacher in Marquette Consolidated Schools from 1973 to 1986. Marie’s quilting and fiber techniques became well known after her participation with Judy Chicago Read More
George Lundeen
1948, Holdrege, Nebraska – View artwork Born and raised in Holdrege, Nebraska, George Lundeen went to college at Hastings, and then went on to the University of Illinois for graduate work. A Fulbright-Hays Scholarship sent Lundeen to Florence, Italy for a year where the works of the old masters inspired his ambition to sculpt for Read More
Keith Lowry
1935, Abilene, Kansas – 2020, Kearney, Nebraska View artwork Keith Lowry, born in Abilene, Kansas in 1935, began painting during his senior year of high school. Concentrating primarily on landscapes throughout his career, he has also explored pop art, abstract expressionism, and photorealism. He earned his degrees – B.S. in 1957 and M.S. in 1959 – Read More
Dorothea Kropp
1911, Nebraska City, Nebraska – 1976, Lincoln, Nebraska View artwork Dorothea Kropp was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska on August 10, 1911. In 1934, she graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln where she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi. Later, she attended graduate school in Paris, France. During World War II, she volunteered Read More
Ted Long
1932, North Platte, Nebraska – 2007, North Platte, Nebraska View Artwork Ted Long was born on February 5, 1932 in North Platte, Nebraska. He attended North Platte High School and received numerous art internships, but has had no formal art training. Most of his work covers 1800 Western U.S. culture; his paintings and sculptures of the American Read More
Fred Krejci
1902, Exeter, Nebraska – 1982, Friend, Nebraska View artwork Fred Krejci was born April 28, 1902 on a farm in Fillmore County near Exeter, Nebraska, an area where he remained all but one year of his life. He attended school until the eighth grade at which time he left to help out on the family Read More
