Leonard Thiessen: MONA collection artwork

1902, Omaha, Nebraska – 1989, Omaha, Nebraska Biographical sketch of artist Leonard Thiessen Leonard Thiessen Still Life with Blue Vase oil on canvas 1938-1940, 1979 Gift of Isabella Threlkeld Accession No: 1983.27 (click image for full view) Leonard Thiessen Stockholm Coal Yard oil on masonite 1937 Gift of Herschel A. Elarth Accession No: 1986.62 (click Read More

Leonard Thiessen

1902, Omaha, Nebraska – 1989, Omaha, Nebraska View artwork Leonard Thiessen was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. His family was small and his paternal ancestry had roots to the Swedish and German pioneer settlers of Grand Island, Nebraska. For a very short time, the family lived in Grand Island where, as a boy, Thiessen Read More

Ruth Waddy: MONA collection artrwork

1909, Lincoln, Nebraska – 2003, San Francisco, California Biographical sketch of artist Ruth Waddy Ruth Waddy Graduating from Kindergarten to Grade 1 linocut (2/12) 1982 19 × 19″ Museum Purchase made possible by Russell L. Erpelding Accession No: 2011.04 (click image for full view) Ruth Waddy Untitled #1, Series B linocut (4/12) 1968 21 × Read More