Augustus W. Dunbier

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1888, Polk County, Nebraska – 1997, Omaha, Nebraska View Artwork Augustus Dunbier was born on a farm between Shelby and Osceola in Polk County, Nebraska and lived most of his life in Omaha, Nebraska where he became well-established as a portrait painter and private teacher. He was one of early Nebraska’s most successful and influential Read More

Aaron Douglas

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1899, Topeka, Kansas – 1979, Nashville, Tennessee View artwork Douglas received his BA from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in 1922. He later studied at the Winold Reiss art School in New York and In Paris before obtaining his MA from Columbia university in 1942. He is acknowledged as one of the important figures Read More

Stephen Dinsmore

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1952, Omaha, Nebraska – View artwork Stephen Dinsmore was born on July 7, 1952 in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his BA from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and works as a representational painter, creating paintings that often border on abstraction. Dinsmore stated concerning his works, “They often include something intimate and something vast; a Read More

Don Dernovich

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1942, Rock Springs, Wyoming – View artwork Don Dernovich attended the University of Wyoming and Fort Hays State University, Kansas, earning the B.A., M.A. and M.F.A. degrees. He has participated in many invitational, group and national juried exhibitions including the Oil Painters of America, National Watercolor Society, National Academy of Design, The American Watercolor Society, Read More

Gail Hammond Butt

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1924, Zanesville, Ohio – 2004, Lincoln, Nebraska View artwork Gail Hammond Butt was born on May 19, 1924 in Zanesville, Ohio. He received his BS, BFA, and MA all from Ohio State University and was Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln until his retirement in 1990. Butt works in oil, Read More

James D. Butler

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1945, Fort Dodge, Iowa – View Artwork James Butler was born on August 30, 1945 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He received his BS K-12 from the University of Omaha in 1967 and his MFA from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1970. He has taught for many years in the Illinois State University in Read More

Judith Burton

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1933, Lincoln, Nebraska – View artwork Burton holds her BFA and MFA from the university of Nebraska at Lincoln, where she has also served as a visiting Assistant Professor. Burton currently maintains her studio in Lincoln. Artist’s Statement I am an oil painter. The supports for my work include canvas, paper, and masonite because I feel Read More

Mary Louise Tejeda Brown

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b. 1921, Los Angeles, California – d. 2017, Crawford, Nebraska View artwork Born in Los Angeles to parents who had immigrated from Mexico and Switzerland, Mary Louise Tejeda Brown first studied art in high school with the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet, then commercial art at the Frank Wiggins Trade School in Los Angeles. Read More

Joseph Broghammer

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1963, Omaha, Nebraska – View Artwork Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Joe Broghammer earned his B.F.A. degree in 1986 from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, followed by graduate work at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He has exhibited his work in more than 40 group shows and has also had solo exhibitions throughout Read More

Roger Broer

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1945, Omaha, Nebraska – View Artwork Roger Broer, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1945 to mixed Native American and white parents. He was adopted and raised by Ludwig and Frieda Broer, a traditional German family from Randolph, NE. He received his BA, Extended Fine Arts from Eastern Read More