1886, Hamilton County, Nebraska – 1977, Aurora, Nebraska View Artwork Eric Berggren was born on November 15, 1886 in Hamilton County, Nebraska. After attending a public school, Berggren went to Utah to work for the Union Pacific. For a short time he worked for the railroad and then returned to Nebraska to begin farming. Upon Read More
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Thomas Hart Benton
1889, Neosho, Missouri – 1975, Kansas City, Missouri View artwork Born April 15, 1889 and growing up in Neosho, Missouri only several decades after the Civil War, Thomas Hart Benton remembered many stories of Union and Confederate veterans and the old settlers from the hills of the Ozarks. These characters made for colorful tales in the Read More
Don Methven Beardsley
1920, Lincoln, Nebraska – 1977, Ventura, California View artwork Don Beardsley was born February 3, 1920 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He earned his B.F.A. degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence before relocating to California where he received his M.F.A. from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. Beardsley also lived in New York Read More
William Holbrook Beard
1824, Painesville, Ohio – 1900, New York, New York View artwork William H. Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio on April 13, 1824. He studied with his older brother, James Henry Beard, as a portrait painter, but was always interested in subjects found in nature. He painted portraits, animals, and landscapes before gaining a national Read More
James Bama
1926, New York City – View artwork James Bama was born in New York City in 1926. He graduated from The High School of Music & Art, New York, and joined the Army Air Corps working as a mechanic, mural painter, and physical training instructor. He continued his studies at The Art Students League of Read More
Henry Howard Bagg
1853, Wanconda, Illinois – 1928, Lincoln, Nebraska View artwork Henry Howard Bagg was the pupil of M. Woodruff of Aurora, Illinois. He is sometimes considered the first professional art teacher in Nebraska. He began his career at Peru Normal School in 1895 at Peru, Nebraska and later taught at Nebraska Wesleyan and Cotner College. He Read More
John James Audubon
1785, Les Cayes Haiti – 1851, New York, New York View artwork The Legacy of John James Audubon John James Audubon. The name brings to mind the majestic beauty and grace of a vast collective of wildlife portraiture. However, it is crucial to remember Audubon’s detailed scientific observations as well, for his work in that capacity Read More
David Amland
1931, Iowa City, Iowa, – 2010 Dallas, Texas View artwork David Amland, artist, teacher, amateur historian, and naturalist, was born in Iowa City, Iowa in 1931. He grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and served in the Navy from 1951 to 1955. He received his undergraduate degree from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Read More
Anna Fay Albin
1880, Berea, Kentucky – 1954, Lincoln, Nebraska (Anna Fay Hanson) View artwork Anna Albin applied special creativity to handloom weaving in a way that led people to regard weaving as a fine art. A major factor in this revised view was her energetic participation in exhibitions such as with the Omaha Society of Fine Arts Read More
Kathleen Parks Adkison
1917, Beatrice, Nebraska – 2010, Spokane, Washington (Kathleen A. Gemberling) (Kathleen A. Van Dewerker) (Kathleen A. Parks) (Kathleen Parks Gemberling Adkison) (Kathleen A. Gemberling Adkison) View artwork An abstract expressionist painter described as the first woman artist to drip and pour paint onto floor-laid canvas, Kathleen Adkison “abandoned easels and traditional brushwork, and in the Read More
