Marjorie Siemon

1917, Leavenworth, Kansas – 2010, Grand Island, Nebraska View artwork Marjorie Siemon, born October 4, 1917 in Leavenworth, Kansas, graduated from Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas in 1935. After completing her studies at the Kansas City Business School, she lived in Kansas City and then Omaha, Nebraska as a homemaker and artist. She Read More

Roscoe L. Shields

1926, Lima, Ohio – View artwork Born in Lima, Ohio, home town of his mother, Roscoe soon moved with his family to Nebraska, the home state of the Shields family. He was schooled in Lincoln, Nebraska, graduating from Northeast High School in 1943. At age 17, he joined the U. S. Navy, serving from 1944 Read More

Millard Sheets

1907, Pomona, California – 1989, Gualala, California View artwork Millard Sheets was born on June 24, 1907 in Pomona, California and was educated at the Chouinard School of Art in Los Angeles, California. He went on to teach watercolor painting at the Chouinard School from 1927 to 1929, then served as Director of the Art Department Read More

Imogene See

1848, Ossining, New York – 1940, Ocean Grove, New Jersey View artwork Imogene See was born in Ossining, Westchester County, New York in 1848, daughter of Joseph W. and Hulda See, descendants of Dutch immigrants who settled in the Hudson River Valley in the 1600s. She spent most of her life living in Port Chester Read More

Samuel Sigsbee “Sig” Scott

1898, North Platte, Nebraska – 1976, North Platte, Nebraska View artwork Sig Scott did not have any formal art training. He delivered ice for his father as a young man and supported himself and his family for thirty-five years as an engineer for the Pacific Fruit Express in North Platte. Today decoys are considered a Read More

Robert Schwieger

1936, Scottsbluff, Nebraska – 2019, Joliet, Illinois View artwork Robert Schwieger was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska in 1936 and received his BFA from Chadron State College and his MFA from the University of Denver. Since 1974, he has been working as Professor of Art at Minot State University in North Dakota. His work is a Read More

Ray W. Schultze

1934, York, Nebraska – View artwork Raymond Schultze was born in 1934 in York, Nebraska. He received his BFA from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and his MFA from the University of Colorado. Since 1965, Schultze has worked as Assistant Art Professor at Kearney State College and his interest lies in the areas of Read More

Evelyn R. Schuff

1906, Fullerton, Nebraska – 1991, Grand Island, Nebraska View artwork Evelyn (Erie) R. Schuff was born March 7, 1906 in Fullerton, Nebraska. Her interest in art began at an early age and, in her eighth grade art class at the Wolcott School for Girls in Denver, Colorado, she learned about painting and sculpture. Later she Read More

Frank Sapousek

1902, Vienna, Austria – View artwork We have little information on Frank Sapousek at this time. We do know that he studied with Augustus Dunbier in the 1930s taking a drawing and painting class at the Omaha YMCA as part of the W.P.A. program in art education. View artwork