1932, North Platte, Nebraska – 2007, North Platte, Nebraska View Artwork Ted Long was born on February 5, 1932 in North Platte, Nebraska. He attended North Platte High School and received numerous art internships, but has had no formal art training. Most of his work covers 1800 Western U.S. culture; his paintings and sculptures of the American Read More
Fred Krejci
1902, Exeter, Nebraska – 1982, Friend, Nebraska View artwork Fred Krejci was born April 28, 1902 on a farm in Fillmore County near Exeter, Nebraska, an area where he remained all but one year of his life. He attended school until the eighth grade at which time he left to help out on the family Read More
Susan Knight
1950, Grand Rapids, Michigan – View Artwork Susan Knight was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and attended many schools including the University of Notre Dame, the Glassell School of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and St. Mary’s College where she received her BFA. She has worked as a retail advertiser, commercial artist, and curitorial Read More
Stephen Cornelius Roberts
1952, Omaha, Nebraska – View Artwork Stephen Cornelius Roberts, a fifth generation Nebraskan, was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1952. He earned his B.F.A. degree in Painting from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1976. He also studied art history, which deeply influenced his art. In 1990, the Allan Stone Gallery of New York Read More
Paul Adkinson: MONA collection artwork
1934, Imperial, Nebraska – Biographical sketch of artist Paul Adkinson Paul Adkinson Winter’s End acrylic, watercolor c. 2009 6 × 14½” Gift of Association of Nebraska Art Clubs – 2009 Accession No. 2009.27 (click image for full view)
Tom Bartek: MONA Collection Artwork
1932, Omaha, Nebraska – 2024, Omaha, Nebraska Tom Bartek Roots of Small Remorse acrylic on panel 1984 37¼ × 30¼” Gift of the Artist in memory of his wife, Gloria Bartek (1933-2004) Accession No: 2006.09 (click image for full view) Tom Bartek Nebraska September silkscreen (43/72) 1972 Museum Purchase made possible by Friends of Art Read More
Raymond Knaub
1940, Gering, Nebraska – View artwork Raymond Knaub’s technically flawless landscape oil paintings speak to the viewer at a rare nonverbal level. It is a peaceful place where the visual meets the emotional where memories are easily evoked with a brush stroke. It is a place where our intuition tells us that the subtleties we view Read More
Tim Klunder
1965, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – View Artwork Tim Klunder received his MFA in painting from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1996. He currently resides in Wisconsin where he continues to paint landscapes. View Artwork
Dwight Kirsch
1899, Pawnee County, Nebraska – 1981, Colorado Springs, Colorado View Artwork Handwritten notes that were to comprise Dwight Kirsch’s autobiography were found in his desk drawer after his death in 1981. Entitled “My Life in Art – Memoirs,” it unraveled a story about an artist, teacher, and art administrator whose importance to art in Nebraska cannot Read More
Jun Kaneko
1942, Nagoya, Japan – View Artwork In 1942, Jun Kaneko was born in Nagoya, Japan where he studied painting during his high school years. He came to the United States in 1963 to continue those studies at Chouinard Institute of Art when his focus was drawn to sculptural ceramics through his introduction to Fred Marer. Read More
