1931, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – 2012, Blodgett, Oregon Maynard Whitney Winged Form bronze n.d. 11¼ × 14¼ × 6¼” Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Smith Accession No: 2001.21 (click image for full view)
Kenny Walton: MONA collection artwork
1936, New York, New York – 2019, Avoca, Nebraska Kenny Walton Untitled glass 2000 7¼ × 4 × 4″ Gift of Nebraska Arts Council, Governor’s Arts Award – 2000 Accession No: 2000.06 (click image for full view) Kenny Walton #2 (tall red) offhand blown glass, hot applied decoration n.d. 9½ × 4½ × 4½” Museum Read More
Bryan Yancey: MONA collection artwork
1918, Washington County, Kansas – Bryan Yancey Untitled (woman) ceramic 1976 Museum Purchase made possible by MONA Guild Accession No: 1997.09 (click image for full view)
Jon W. Leitner: MONA collection artwork
1950, McCook, Nebraska – 2013, Sedona, Arizona Julie Lade-Willis Breath of Life (portrait of William Golden of the Oak Ridge Boys) bronze 1989 Gift of Neva Jane Nissen Hutt family Accession No: 1990.05 (click image for full view)
Nelson Dungan: MONA collection artwork
1949, Pueblo, Colorado – Nelson Dungan Elegant Beams acrylic 1979 Gift of Larry Schulte Accession No: 1993.28 (click image for full view)
Ethel Irene Blandin Haworth
1887, Macon Nebraska ‒ 1969, Canon City, Colorado (Ethel Irene Blandin) Born in Franklin County, Nebraska, Ethel Haworth would go on to become a landscape, western scene, and portrait artist as well as an art gallery owner. Leaving Nebraska at age 13 with her parents Joseph and Miranda (Nettleton) Blandin, the family moved to Eaton, Read More
Anna Marie Karnik Beran
(1891, Howells, Nebraska ‒ 1969, Omaha, Nebraska) As an artist specializing in landscapes and frontier scenes, Anna Marie Beran spent most of her life in Omaha, Nebraska. Though she lived in one of the largest cities in the state, she kept close ties to her hometown of Howells in northeastern Nebraska. As one of seven Read More
Katherine (Kate) Madeline Ball
1859, Reading, Pennsylvania – 1952, San Francisco, California Coming to Omaha, Nebraska in 1888 from the East Coast where she had attended the Cooper Union Art School in New York City, Katherine Ball began seven years with the Omaha Public Schools as writing and drawing teacher and art supervisor. From her first year in the Read More
Jean Jessie Baker
1903, Arcadia, Nebraska ‒ 1944, Los Angeles, California Nebraska born, Jean Jessie Baker had relocated to Los Angeles by the time she was age 13, where she had a distinguished reputation as a portrait and poster painter. She also carved out a place in the Los Angeles community as a poet and violinist. Her art Read More
Dana Fritz: MONA collection artwork
1970, Kansas City, Missouri- Dana Fritz, Lava and Fog archival pigment print (3/13) n.d. 10 × 4″ Nebraska Arts Council, Governor’s Arts Awards – 2018 Accession No: 2018.15.01 (click image for full view)
