Susan Brasch

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1950, Minneapolis, Minnesota – View artwork Susan Brasch was born in 1950 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She received a B.F.A. degree from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln in 1972. After working in academia and corporate marketing, Brasch chose to become a full-time studio artist in 1982, primarily as a painter. Over the years she has Read More

Ralph A. Blakelock

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1847, New York, New York – 1919, Adirondacks, New York View Artwork Blakelock was born and studied in New York City and began his career as a late Hudson River School landscape painter. He made his exhibition debut at the National Academy of Design in 1868, exhibiting there annually until 1873 and sporadically thereafter. He Read More

Myra Biggerstaff

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1905, Logansport, Indiana – 1999, Auburn, Nebraska View Artwork Painter, woodblock printer, textile artist, and educator, Myra Biggerstaff cut a wide swath in the world of modernist art, but Auburn, Nebraska was the place which served as her physical and psychological anchor. As a youngster, she found special places there to sketch, returned to regain Read More

Albert Bierstadt

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1830, Solingen, Germany – 1902, New York, New York View artwork Albert Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Germany and brought to New Bedford, Massachusetts when he was two years old. In 1854 he returned to Dusseldorf, Germany to study painting. While in Europe he made many field trips along the Rhine, in the Alps and Read More

Eric Berggren

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1886, Hamilton County, Nebraska – 1977, Aurora, Nebraska View Artwork Eric Berggren was born on November 15, 1886 in Hamilton County, Nebraska. After attending a public school, Berggren went to Utah to work for the Union Pacific. For a short time he worked for the railroad and then returned to Nebraska to begin farming. Upon Read More

Thomas Hart Benton

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1889, Neosho, Missouri – 1975, Kansas City, Missouri View artwork Born April 15, 1889 and growing up in Neosho, Missouri only several decades after the Civil War, Thomas Hart Benton remembered many stories of Union and Confederate veterans and the old settlers from the hills of the Ozarks. These characters made for colorful tales in the Read More

Don Methven Beardsley

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1920, Lincoln, Nebraska – 1977, Ventura, California View artwork Don Beardsley was born February 3, 1920 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He earned his B.F.A. degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence before relocating to California where he received his M.F.A. from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. Beardsley also lived in New York Read More

William Holbrook Beard

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1824, Painesville, Ohio – 1900, New York, New York View artwork William H. Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio on April 13, 1824. He studied with his older brother, James Henry Beard, as a portrait painter, but was always interested in subjects found in nature. He painted portraits, animals, and landscapes before gaining a national Read More

James Bama

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1926, New York City – View artwork James Bama was born in New York City in 1926. He graduated from The High School of Music & Art, New York, and joined the Army Air Corps working as a mechanic, mural painter, and physical training instructor. He continued his studies at The Art Students League of Read More

Henry Howard Bagg

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1853, Wanconda, Illinois – 1928, Lincoln, Nebraska View artwork Henry Howard Bagg was the pupil of M. Woodruff of Aurora, Illinois. He is sometimes considered the first professional art teacher in Nebraska. He began his career at Peru Normal School in 1895 at Peru, Nebraska and later taught at Nebraska Wesleyan and Cotner College. He Read More