1933, Haslemere, England – 2017, Rapid City, South Dakota View Artwork Paul Goble is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books. A native of England, he studied at the Central School of Art in London and later worked in that city as a furniture designer, industrial consultant, and art instructor. He first visited the Read More
Robert F. Gilder
1856, Flushing, New York – 1940, Omaha, Nebraska View Artwork Gilder began studying art in New York with August Will and after arriving in Omaha in 1887 he became a student of J. Laurie Wallace. Gilder’s early career was as a journeyman printer for several Omaha newspapers but after his retirement in 1919 he devoted his Read More
Mary Elizabeth (Emmy) Gifford
1910, Omaha, Nebraska – 1997, Omaha, Nebraska View artwork Mary Elizabeth Jonas was born on 31st Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska in 1910. Her father, August Fredrick Jonas, the son of German merchant class immigrants, had come from Milwaukee. Her mother, Jessica Stebbins, was A. F. Jonas’ second wife, and was descended from settlers in Colorado. Mary Read More
Mel Gerhold
1928, Baltimore, Maryland – 2015, Buffalo, WY View artwork Mel Gerhold was born on May 14, 1928 in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from the Maryland Institute, now Maryland Institute College of Art, in 1955 after a 16-month hiatus during the Korean War. At the Maryland Institute, he studied under Jacques Maroger, formerly of the Louvre Read More
Debra Gengler-Copple
1952, Hubbard, Nebraska – View artwork Native Nebraskan Debra Gengler-Copple received her B.A. degree from Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa. She worked as a graphic artist, but her passion for painting wildlife has redirected her career, taking her to the national parks to view and photograph wildlife firsthand. Gengler-Copple is a Signature member of the Read More
John A. Finch
c. 1860s – View artwork J. A. Finch was sent to Kearney, Nebraska by Harper’s Weekly (A Journal of Civilization) magazine to cover the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) reunion in September of 1888. Finch was to provide views of the Camp Brooke and Camp Morrow encampments, the mock naval engagements on Lake Kearney, Read More
Katherine (Kady) Burnap Faulkner
1901, Syracuse, New York – 1977, Kenosha, Wisconsin View artwork Praised by former students as an exceptional teacher with a serious, no-nonsense approach and an unending devotion to the arts, Katherine Faulkner was born on June 23, 1901, in Syracuse, New York. Little is known about her family or her childhood. She contracted polio at a Read More
Michael Farrell
1947, Indianapolis, Indiana – View artwork Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, Michael Farrell began taking photographs and making assembled objects during his college years at Indiana University where he received his A.B. degree in Fine Arts in 1969. After earning an M.S. degree in Filmmaking and Visual Design at Chicago’s Institute of Design (now the Illinois Read More
Gerald Farm
1935, Grand Island, Nebraska – View Artwork Gerald Farm was born on March 8, 1935 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He received his BA from Kearney State College in 1961, after serving four years in the Navy as an illustrator in the Art and Animation Department of the Naval Photographic Center in Washington, D.C. While serving Read More
John Falter
1910, Plattsmouth, Nebraska – 1982, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania View Artwork John Falter was born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, in 1910. His family moved to Falls City in 1916, where his father established a clothing store. As a high school student, Falter created a comic strip, Down Thru the Ages, which was published in the Falls City Journal. Read More
