John Pusey

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1905, Council Bluffs, Iowa – 1966 Pusey was born in Council, Bluffs, Iowa and studied art at Northwestern and Yale before going abroad. He established a reputation in Paris, Spain and North Africa before returning to Omaha in 1933. Pusey did several murals including ones in the old Chieftain Hotel in Council Bluffs and in a Read More

Susan Puelz

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1942 – View artwork Susan Puelz was born in 1942 and received her BFA and MFA from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. In 1987 she became visiting assistant professor of art history and watercolor at UNL and remains in Lincoln to this day. Puelz is known for the vibrant coloration she creates in her Read More

Carol Pettit

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1932, Orrick, Missouri – View artwork Carol was born in Orrick, Missouri. She has studied art at the University of Nebraksa at Omaha and also with many artists in the Omaha area. She has won numerous awards in local exhibitions and included in many private and corporate collections. She currently lives in Greenwood, Nebraska. View artwork

Martha Pettigrew

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1950, Lincoln, Nebraska – View artwork Martha Pettigrew was born in 1950 in a small town in Nebraska. Martha received her B.F.A. in printmaking and painting from UNL in 1972. After graduation, she worked for the Nebraska State Museum creating scientific illustrations, but she left after six years because of the lack of creative input she Read More

Larry Peterson

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1935, Holdrege, Nebraska – View artwork Larry Peterson has always drawn his creative energy from the prairie. Growing up near the Platte River, his family encouraged the young artist to notice the vibrant life and colors along the river. He spent much of his childhood camping, hunting, and fishing, and these experiences helped to stimulate Read More

Titian Ramsay Peale

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1799, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1885, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania View artwork Titian Ramsay was the youngest son of one of the most important figures in early American art, the painter and museologist Charles Willson Peale. Trained by his father as an artist and naturalist, Titian also studied anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, where he made drawings of the Read More

Otto Pauling

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c. 1800s  – View artwork Little is known about the artist who painted the portrait of Susan Bronnenberg Nelson. The painting is signed “Pauling” and dated 1875 with nothing more noted on the back of the canvas. Claire Somerville, L. Ward Nelson, and Carl Whitney, descendants of Susan Bronnenberg Nelson, donated the painting to the Museum Read More

Lawton S. Parker

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1868, Fairfield, Michigan – 1954, Pasadena, California View artwork He was raised in Nebraska after his family settled on a farm near Kearney in 1873. Parker left Nebraska in 1886 to study at the Chicago Art Institute. Like many late 19th Century artists he received a journeyman’s education through periods of study at several art institutions Read More