Myra Biggerstaff: MONA collection artwork

1905, Logansport, Indiana – 1999, Auburn, Nebraska Biographical sketch of artist Myra Biggerstaff View more Myra Biggerstaff artwork in Thumbnail Gallery Myra Biggerstaff Regatta – Racing Boats oil c. 1960 Gift of the Artist Accession No: 1989.01 (click image for full view) Myra Biggerstaff Sea Birds oil on canvas n.d. Gift of the artist Accession Read More

Albert Bierstadt: MONA collection artwork

1830, Solingen, Germany – 1902, New York, New York Biographical sketch of artist Albert Bierstadt Albert Bierstadt The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak steel engraving 1866 Museum Purchase made possible by University of Nebraska Kearney Students 1982-1983 and Anonymous Donor Accession No: 1983.03 (click image for full view) Albert Bierstadt Clouds Coming Over The Plains Oil Read More

Milton Wolsky

1916, Omaha, Nebraska – 1981, Omaha, Nebraska View artworks Born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1916, Milton Laban Wolsky graduated from the University of Omaha (now University of Nebraska at Omaha), where he studied art during the depression years and portraiture with Omaha artist J. Laurie Wallace. He continued his studies at two prestigious art schools Read More

William Wolfram

1936, Mason City, Iowa – View artwork Wolfram studied at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota and received his BA, 1959 and MA, 1960. He received his MFA from the University of Arizona. Wolfram taught at Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebraska. “Art works reach beyond the sanctity of the museum or there is no need for Read More

Robert Willits

1946, Omaha, Nebraska – View artwork Willits was born 1946, in Omaha, Nebraska. He received Master of humanities Education at Chadron State College. His work is figurative because the figurative image is the least ambiguous and thus allows hime to create his visual puns and comments in a direct and succinct manner. View artwork

Thomas Worthington Whittredge

1820, Springfield, Ohio – 1910, Summit, New Jersey View artwork Born on a farm near Springfield, Ohio, Thomas Worthington Whittredge started out as a house and sign painter in Cincinnati, then worked briefly as a photographer and portraitist in Indiana and West Virginia before turning to landscape painting in 1843. Backed by wealthy Cincinnatians, he Read More

Dan Whetstone

1945, Omaha, Nebraska – 1995, Omaha, Nebraska View artworks Dan Whetstone attended the University of Omaha from 1965-66, and the Sculpture Center, Monterey, CA in 1971-72, under Gordon Newell. He died April 5, 1995 View artworks

Robert Weaver

1935, Stillwater, Kansas – 2018, Lincoln, Nebraska View artwork Robert Weaver was born in Stilwell, Kansas in 1935. He received his BA from the Kansas City Art Institute, his BFA from the University of New Mexico in 1965, and his MFA from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1968. Weaver is known for his Read More

Virginia Wattles

1939, Kearney, NE – View artwork Virginia Wattles has been a professional artist for several years after retiring from a twenty-seven year career as an art educator. In 1991 she was named Nebraska’s Artist/Educator of the year and is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America since 1991 and The society of Portrait Read More