Women Artists of Nebraska
Nebraska's women artists between 1880 and 1950 left a huge legacy. Twelve of the most influential were: Sarah Wool Moore, Cora Parker, Sarah Sewell Hayden, Elizabeth ...
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Jackson, William H., Artist and Photographer
Artist and photographer William H. Jackson (1843-1942) was an outstanding figure of the American West and popularized many of its images. His autobiography, Time ...
Art in Nebraska
Art in Nebraska has developed rapidly - from Native American to surrealist efforts - in little more than 150 years. Nebraska, A Guide to the Cornhusker State, compiled ...
Duren, Terence
Terence Duren (1907-1968) was a leading Nebraska artist from the post-World War II period. Duren, who lived most of his life in Shelby, is most widely known for his ...
Fair Charmer
Readers of the Omaha World-Herald on June 25, 1894, were entertained with details of the past exploits of a woman identified as Evelyn Nims, "the fair charmer who dealt ...
Burman, Ellis
Sculptor Ellis Luis Burman may be an unfamiliar name to most Nebraskans, but his sculptures remain well known to visitors of Lincoln parks. Born in 1902 in Toledo, Ohio, ...
Lazy Days of Summer
Are you enjoying your summer as much as the boys in this photograph?
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Omaha’s Shocking Nineteenth-Century Art
In 1890 a young man named Carey Judson Warbington picked up a chair and began smashing a painting that hung in an Omaha gallery. The painting was Return of Spring by ...
George A. Joslyn of Omaha
The name of George A. Joslyn (1846-1916) is connected with two of Omaha’s most notable structures: his opulent residence, often referred to as “The Castle,” and the ...
An Artist’s View of the Fort Robinson Prisoner of War Camp
During World War II there were 126 Prisoner of War (POW) camps in the United States. Fort Robinson, Nebraska had one of these camps. By the end of the war, this camp ...
Historic Detail in Minden’s Depression-Era Art
In a previous post, we told you about Nebraska’s twelve post office murals, as presented in Robert Puschendorf’s new book Nebraska’s Post Office Murals: Born of the ...
Artistry in Butter
These statues, entitled Friends, by J. E. Wallace, were composed of lard. NSHS RG2158-15-1
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, butter art was ...
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