Grant Reynard

1887, Grand Island, Nebraska – 1968, Leonia, New Jersey View artwork Grant Tyson Reynard, who earned an international reputation as an illustrator, realist painter, teacher, and lecturer, was born October 20, 1887 to Stephen Blackstone Reynard and Jennie Lynd (Bacon) Reynard in Grand Island, Nebraska. As a young boy, he worked in his father’s music store, Read More

Charles Rain

1911, Knoxville, Tennessee – 1985, New York, New York View artwork Charles Rain grew up and was educated in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1933, following two years of study at the Art Institute of Chicago, he went to Europe for a year of study, chiefly in Berlin, but also in Paris and Vienna. During this period he Read More

Alice Cumbow: MONA collection artwork

1894, Wood Lake, Nebraska – 1994, Valentine, Nebraska Alice Cumbow Near the River Watercolor n.d. Gift of Norman & Jane Geske Accession No: 1981.03 (click image for full view) Alice Cumbow Untitled (fish hatchery) oil 17½ × 23½” Gift of Vern & Marlene Plambeck Accession No: 1988.26 (click image for full view)