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
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
Susan Brasch
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
