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topeka, died wednesday, april 22, 2020, in salina. he was 95. bergen and son rich partnered for over 35 years in the bergen's sculpture studio, a north santa fe avenue gallery and work space, where together they crafted more than 40 monumental bronze sculptures and other works of public art found in cities across kansas. named distinguished kansan of the year in 2006, bergen was a lifelong advocate for the arts and education, who came to kansas on the gi bill to study art at bethany college after service in the u.s. navy during wwii. he ultimately earned degrees from three kansas institutions of higher education and inspired hundreds of his own students to embrace the creative arts. bergen made salina his home for nearly 65 years. as director of art education in the salina public schools during the late 1950s through 1960s, he taught every child in salina's kindergarten through sixth grade classes through his monthly visits to each of the city's then 16 elementary schools. bergen became a professor of art and chair of the art department at marymount college in 1967, and studied in the summers to earn a doctorate in art education from the university of kansas in 1973. his first monumental bronze, trifinity, was completed during that time. with three intertwining figures, representing the past, present and future of salina, it stands between the city's library and court house and was dedicated in january 1975. trifinity was the first of many sculptures he crafted and installed across kansas, including the pony express rider in marysville, heritage woman in wichita heritage square, the buffalo soldier in junction city, and most recently, the terrible swede on the bethany college campus in lindsborg. with a master's degree in art from kansas state university earned in 1963, many of his works are found in manhattan. they include the crouching wildcat ready to pounce at the k-state alumni center, holy family at st. thomas more catholic church, ernie barrett with hand 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and manufactured goods. however most of what the begay family needed was found or raised on their own land. when he was eight years old begay left home to attend boarding school. it was not until then that he heard english for the first time. he returned home one year later. then in 1934, when he was seventeen, he entered the santa fe indian school, which had been recently founded by dorothy dunn and geromina montoya. although only serving as supervisor for five years (1932-1937), dunn had created an art education program at the school that eventually prove to be a major influence on young indian artists including begay for almost three generations. prior to the schools founding navajo artists had no tribal tradition of painting. artists like begay adopted the style taught by the school at the time which eventually became known as the \"studio style. in 1936, while a student of dunn's, begay painted navajo horse race. he sold the work that same year to charles mc c. reeve for twelve 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of the first and most prestigious competitions meant exclusively for indian artists and was instrumental in promoting the fine art of native americans. during the 1950s tewa enterprises in santa fe was established by begay and others to make and sell reproductions of their artwork. this was one of the first indian-owned art reproduction businesses.because so many of his childhood and young adult years were spent off the reservation, begay did not have a deep understanding of his religious and ceremonial heritage. during the 1950s, however, while seeking a new creative stimulus, he was introduced to an early book on navajo legends by the artist don perceval. this filled him with curiosity about traditional navajo ceremonies, which became the subject of his paintings. since then he has recorded a way of life that is thought by many to be vanishing.one of the many unfortunate consequences of begay's lifelong struggle with alcoholism has been the necessity to sell his work for far less 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she studied under birger sandzen (1871- 1954) until 1933, when she graduated. she also later studied at the university of colorado at boulder, university of washington and the chicago art institute.with her sister elvira, she traveled across the united states, canada and europe presenting chalk lectures, called chalk talks, in churches. her paintings and prints were awarded prizes in regional and national exhibitions. her favorite painting medium was watercolor. several of her watercolors were reproduced in ford times magazine.a mural by larson hangs in st. paul lutheran church in clay center, kansas. in lindsborg, her village spire studio and the home of her and her sister were the centers of her life. watercolors and prints by signe have found their way into homes across america.in 1984, having moved to a care home in cordova, nebraska, she was named \"alumni artist of the year\" by bethany college. she was the featured artist for hyllningsfest in 1993. her painting of four women at 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pearson (1892-1967) old man in black suit, woodcarving, signed on bottom of left foot, fair condition, the suit tail in back has a gouge and chips of wood missing, paint is worn in areas. carving size: 8 inches tall x 3.5 inches wide x 4.25 inches deep. nils anton pearson was born 23 may 1892 in lund, sweden. he started carving at the age of nine. many of the boys in his school were also learning to carve, all of them inspired by the swedish woodcarver d?derhultarn. anton attended a technical school at the university of lund because his father wanted him to be an engineer. anton was more interested in the arts.it is unclear at this time why anton decided to travel to america. his family suspects his adventurous personality played a part in the decision. whatever the reason, he tried to book passage on the rms titanic, but the ship was sold out.anton arrived in america in may 1912, just a few days before his twentieth birthday. he settled in chicago for a time.in 1915, after visiting 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to the microscopic approach of the fifteenth-century flemish masters. lucioni's attention to detail can also be traced to his early work as an etcher in 1922, when he mastered that technique which stresses sharp linear precision, a skill instrumental in developing his precise painting style. beginning in 1929, he spent part of each year in manchester depot township in vermont, where he painted still lifes and landscapes of the hills and barns. in the 1930s, while european modernism was gaining momentum in the united states, lucioni remained committed to realism. his painting long island landscape (oil on canvas, 1930) depicts a nation that has tamed its wilderness. the image shows a field that has been cultivated for decades, a deeply rutted road, and a tired fence; all depictions of a country in the midst of the depression. he later taught at the art students' league in new york, and maintained a studio in that city's picturesque washington square. he also had a longstanding love of 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sandzen was a rewarding one. sandzen was not only anton's teacher and mentor, but a friend as well. many saturdays would find the two driving around in a model t ford from sunup to sundown seeking interesting scenes to sketch for paintings.after many adventures, anton married grace lane in 1929. anton and grace honeymooned in colorado. their daughter rosemary was born in 1933.anton and grace built their home in lindsborg in 1929. anton collected many interesting things during his travels: rocks, antiques, discarded building materials. anton enjoyed finding treasures and repurposing them for his home and studio. anton would later build a garage in the rear that eventually became his woodcarving studio.anton served his adopted country in wwi. he was stationed at camp cody, nm. he worked for the aircraft industry in wichita, ks during wwii. after the war, he continued to carve and amassed quite a collection of wonderful carvings. he opened his studio to tourists and visiting school 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year old. at the age of ten, he attended the college and academy of skara. here his drawing and painting lessons continued under olof erlandsson, a graduate of the royal academy at stockholm. after graduation from skara college, sandzen spent a semester at lund university attending art history lectures and continuing the study of french. following lund university he went to the technical high school at stockholm, where he studied perspective and form drawing. sandzen joined a group of young artists and they rented a studio at anders zorn's suggestion. they received instruction from anders as well as richard bergh, a well-known portrait painter and per hasselberg, one of sweden's best sculptors. a doctor from the caroline medical institute of stockholm gave anatomy lessons. these young artists formed \"the art school of the artists' league\" which played an important part in the development of modern swedish art.in the summer of 1894 sandzen returned to sweden where he read the book entitled i sverige by a young swedish-american educator, dr. carl a. swensson. dr. swensson, a college president, told of his struggles on the plains of kansas and he challenged other young swedes to come help him. sandzen was excited by the proposition and wrote dr. swensson a letter asking if he could use a young artist who could sing tenor and teach french. as soon as sandzen received the cable offering him a job, he accepted and arrived in lindsborg, kansas the day college opened in the fall.birger soon realized lindborg was where he wanted to make his home with the inspiring atmosphere of the new college and energy of the young teachers and president. he built a home, where he continued to live for fifty-four years. in 1900 he married augusta alfrida leksell, a gifted pianist. they had one daughter, margaret elizabeth.with time sandzen became more and more involved in teaching, even his evenings were reserved for class time. at around nine or ten in the evening he would find time for his own drawing. sandzen's inspiration came from his summers spent in colorado, utah, and new mexico.sandzen spent his time trying to generate an interest in art by talking to people about art, organizing exhibitions and establishing art clubs. he donated artwork to the local art club to help raise money for the purchasing of art books for the library, the financing of exhibitions, and the occasional awarding of a scholarship.the babcock galleries in new york hosted two large exhibitions of sandzen's work in 1922 and 1923. his sponsors, the american-scandinavian foundation, enthusiastically invited him to come. sandzen's reply was that he had classes and could not leave.sandzen retired after fifty-two years of teaching at bethany college. sandzen had honorary doctorates bestowed upon him by midland college of fremont, nebraska by nebraska university, and by kansas state college. in 1940 he was made a knight if the swedish order of the north star.after many months of failing health, 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co in wichita and then worked as a commercial artist at mccormick armstrong printing co. began teaching art lessons in 1950. in 1964 she established the wetherington studio and gallery in wichita. she also taught at the wichita art assoc. married otis hadley in 1987.member: american watercolor society; kansas watercolor society; wichita art assoc. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 17.25 x 14.25 x 1.5 in \n weight: 1.1 lb"},"estimateMax":50,"lotNumber":"45","title":{"en":"wethington, wilma (1918-2014) \"peter, jamaica\" watercolor"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/raymersociety/source/catalog/auction/50978/lot/19737/view","tags":["usart_paintings","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":20,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-11T16:14:07.944Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$25 - 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lucioni immigrated to the united states with his family in 1911. in 1915 he won a competition which allowed him to attend cooper union, and he began studying there with william starkweather. in 1920, he studied with william auerbach levy at the national academy of design, and in 1922 was the recipient of a tiffany foundation scholarship. the fellowship enabled him to go back to his homeland in 1924 to study italian primitives. he responded immediately to the realism of early renaissance painting, which left a lasting impression on his work. as he incorporated realism into his own work, lucioni's paintings became more meticulous. his crisp, somewhat flat pattern and detail have been likened to the microscopic approach of the fifteenth-century flemish masters. lucioni's attention to detail can also be traced to his early work as an etcher in 1922, when he mastered that technique which stresses sharp linear precision, a skill instrumental in developing his precise painting style. beginning in 1929, he spent part of each year in manchester depot township in vermont, where he painted still lifes and landscapes of the hills and barns. in the 1930s, while european modernism was gaining momentum in the united states, lucioni remained committed to realism. his painting long island landscape (oil on canvas, 1930) depicts a nation that has tamed its wilderness. the image shows a field that has been cultivated for decades, a deeply rutted road, and a tired fence; all depictions of a country in the midst of the depression. he later taught at the art students' league in new york, and maintained a studio in that city's picturesque washington square. he also had a longstanding love of the opera, and corresponded with various opera singers, including giovanni martinelli, gladys swarthout, cesara valletti, and others. he won many honors during his distinguished career. he took first prize in 1939 at the carnegie international exhibition for a portrait of ethel waters. his 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1945 raymer lived on his family farm again and continued to develop his artwork. raymer met ramona weddle, his future wife, at the art institute.raymer's art was influenced by a number of factors. the circus came to alva often during raymer's childhood. he worked for a poultry business where he did drawings and paintings in his spare time. the \"bible\" was a source of imagery beginning in his childhood. raymer's painting professor at the chicago art institute was boris anisfeld from russia, and his art history professor was helen gardner, author of \"art through the ages\", long-time used as a textbook of american art. raymer talked often of the great influence his trips to mexico had on his artwork and of his desire to remodel his studio in the style of a mexican home.raymer won major awards and international recognition with his religious art work and liturgical commissions. he taught one year at bethany college in the art department and then made his living from the sale of his 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america's well-known landscape painters, whose work has been noted for its heightened realism and photographic attention to detail.lucioni immigrated to the united states with his family in 1911. in 1915 he won a competition which allowed him to attend cooper union, and he began studying there with william starkweather.in 1920, he studied with william auerbach levy at the national academy of design, and in 1922 was the recipient of a tiffany foundation scholarship. the fellowship enabled him to go back to his homeland in 1924 to study italian primitives. he responded immediately to the realism of early renaissance painting, which left a lasting impression on his work.as he incorporated realism into his own work, lucioni's paintings became more meticulous. his crisp, somewhat flat pattern and detail have been likened to the microscopic approach of the fifteenth-century flemish masters. lucioni's attention to detail can also be traced to his early work as an etcher in 1922, when he mastered that technique which stresses sharp linear precision, a skill instrumental in developing his precise painting style.beginning in 1929, he spent part of each year in manchester depot township in vermont, where he painted still lifes and landscapes of the hills and barns. in the 1930s, while european modernism was gaining momentum in the united states, lucioni remained committed to realism. his painting long island landscape (oil on canvas, 1930) depicts a nation that has tamed its wilderness. the image shows a field that has been cultivated for decades, a deeply rutted road, and a tired fence; all depictions of a country in the midst of the depression.he later taught at the art students' league in new york, and maintained a studio in that city's picturesque washington square. he also had a longstanding love of the opera, and corresponded with various opera singers, including giovanni martinelli, gladys swarthout, cesara valletti, and others.he won many honors during his 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his twentieth birthday. he settled in chicago for a time.in 1915, after visiting the world's fair in san francisco, anton decided to make a stop in a little town called lindsborg, kansas, a stop that would change the course of his life. anton enrolled in bethany college to study fine arts under his friend and mentor birger sandzen. by december 1918, he was exhibiting paintings at art shows locally and in surrounding areas.anton in lindsborg supported himself during these years by being a field agent for the capper publishing company as well as selling wearever aluminum kitchen utensils and as an \"oil man\" working for an oil company securing land owners contracts to drill on their property.during his bethany college years, anton met a quietly delightful piano student named grace lane. she was a direct descendant of the pilgrim william brewster. their courtship was a long one, as anton had many adventures he wanted to experience.in 1922, anton took a four-month sojourn traveling by 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vincent van gogh and paul cezanne, and for rocky mountain landscape subjects. his early work is tonalist in style in the manner of scandinavian romanticism, but after he began taking trips to colorado, his work became much more expressionist and brightly colored.sven birger sandzen was born in blidsberg, sweden to clara elizabeth and johan peter sandzen. his mother had studied drawing and his father, a minister, enjoyed writing poetry and playing the violin. when birger's parents noticed his artistic inclination, they asked a young minister to give drawing lessons to the nine year old. at the age of ten, he attended the college and academy of skara. here his drawing and painting lessons continued under olof erlandsson, a graduate of the royal academy at stockholm. after graduation from skara college, sandzen spent a semester at lund university attending art history lectures and continuing the study of french. following lund university he went to the technical high school at stockholm, 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at art shows locally and in surrounding areas.anton in lindsborg supported himself during these years by being a field agent for the capper publishing company as well as selling wearever aluminum kitchen utensils and as an \"oil man\" working for an oil company securing land owners contracts to drill on their property.during his bethany college years, anton met a quietly delightful piano student named grace lane. she was a direct descendant of the pilgrim william brewster. their courtship was a long one, as anton had many adventures he wanted to experience.in 1922, anton took a four-month sojourn traveling by horse and wagon, homemade houseboat, car and rail over 3,600 miles to travel the us and get inspiration for his art. he returned with nearly 200 paintings. anton sent grace many letters during this trip.anton's friendship with birger sandzen was a rewarding one. sandzen was not only anton's teacher and mentor, but a friend as well. many saturdays would find the two driving around in a model t ford from sunup to sundown seeking interesting scenes to sketch for paintings.after many adventures, anton married grace lane in 1929. anton and grace honeymooned in colorado. their daughter rosemary was born in 1933.anton and grace built their home in lindsborg in 1929. anton collected many interesting things during his travels: rocks, antiques, discarded building materials. anton enjoyed finding treasures and repurposing them for his home and studio. anton would later build a garage in the rear that eventually became his woodcarving studio.anton served his adopted country in wwi. he was stationed at camp cody, nm. he worked for the aircraft industry in wichita, ks during wwii. after the war, he continued to carve and amassed quite a collection of wonderful carvings. he opened his studio to tourists and visiting school groups. he went to schools and spoke about carving and the arts.in his studio, anton indulged in his childhood passion: woodcarving. he continued to paint as well, but the majority of his time was spent carving.anton's pioneer figures were mostly carved from redwood, catalpa, mahogany, cottonwood and even limestone. he did many other creative carvings, from funny figures to large animals. anton admired the pioneers of lindsborg. he listened intently to their stories and they influenced his carvings. they show swedish pioneers at work and at play, living their daily lives.anton said he created the characters he carved by closing his eyes and envisioning them. it's been suggested that perhaps lindsborg residents crept into his mind, as many of his carvings certainly resembled lindsborgians he encountered.anton passed away at the veteran's hospital in kansas city, mo in 1967. he left behind a legacy of expressive wood carvings as well as a son-in-law and grandson who would continue to work in his studio and keep it open to the public for the next 30 years. sadly, anton pearson?s studio is no longer a working studio or open to the public. \n 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kahmeyer (1930-2007) 2 tone stoneware bowl, kahmeyer's stamp on bottom, good condition, no chips or cracks, size: 2.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 inches. ray kaymeyer was a graduate of kansas state university with a bfa and mfa. he also attended alfred university in new york. he was a professor of art, teaching ceramics, at bethany college, lindsborg, ks. he also served as department head, retiring as the mary j. mingen back distinguished professor of art.kaymeyer belonged to the kansas craftsman assoc. national council on education for the ceramic arts and american craftsman council. ray kahmeyer (1930-2007) was born on september 10, 1930, in nashville, kansas. kahmeyer taught ceramics for 25 years at bethany college (1967-92), heading the art department after his first two years and then earning the endowed position of the mary j. mingenback distinguished professor of art in 1973.kahmeyer graduated from pratt high school in 1948, and for some years worked as a butcher and did renovation projects for homes in the pratt and great bend area along with woodworking with his father. after a stint in the us navy during the korean war, ray returned home and decided to use the g.i. bill and his construction skills to become an architect.settling in manhattan at kansas state university, kahmeyer discovered his life work by chance, taking a ceramics course as an art elective and immediately ?got bit? by the clay bug, as his sister joy davis described in 2016. kahmeyer earned both his bachelor?s degree and master of arts from k-state, finishing a thesis on the raku method of ceramic firing and glazing to graduate in 1967. the bulk of kahmeyer?s work is wheel-thrown, high-fired stoneware, suitable for domestic use.his friendships with important american ceramists warren mackenzie (1924- 2018) and paul soldner (1921-2011), with their own crucial influences of england?s bernard leach (1887-1979) and japan?s shoji hamada (1894- 1978), continued to inform his work in functional pottery throughout 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was especially taken with the adobe architecture of taos and santa fe. he created his own plates, and turning out editions of about 100, signed and numbered each one in pencil. in total, he completed about 80 prints, of which half are aquatints, a third etchings and drypoints and the others blockprints and lithographs.noted for his dry sense of humor, he had a sign over his studio door: \"phooey to the louvre\". one of his friends said that capps \"could puncture a balloon of self-important pomposity.\"a charter member of the prairie print makers of kansas, he served as its president for twenty-three years. he was also active in the society of american etchers, the chicago society of etchers, philadelphia society of etchers, northwest printmakers and printmakers society of california.capps was born in jacksonville, illinois where his father was a clothing manufacturer, and capps worked in the mills during summer vacations. he went to illinois college in jacksonville, graduating in 1920 and then attended the chicago academy of fine arts and the pennsylvania academy of fine arts in philadelphia.returning to jacksonville, he married anna palmer and the couple moved to wichita to work for western lithograph. shortly after, he returned to illinois, taking an advertising job in springfield. then they moved to san francisco, where he worked as a free-lance advertising artist until 1925, when he returned to wichita and a promotion at western lithograph. soon he began experimenting with woodcuts, creating a series of award-winning bookplates, and from 1931, did etchings. the quality of his prints earned him membership in professional printmakers' organizations including the chicago society of etchers, where the committee upon seeing his work, burst into applause. also friendship and classes with doel reed, professor of art at oklahoma state university, and master of aquatints, had a profound effect on capps' career, which was memorialized just before his death with a joint 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masses of paint, akin to that of vincent van gogh and paul cezanne, and for rocky mountain landscape subjects. his early work is tonalist in style in the manner of scandinavian romanticism, but after he began taking trips to colorado, his work became much more expressionist and brightly colored.sven birger sandzen was born in blidsberg, sweden to clara elizabeth and johan peter sandzen. his mother had studied drawing and his father, a minister, enjoyed writing poetry and playing the violin. when birger's parents noticed his artistic inclination, they asked a young minister to give drawing lessons to the nine year old. at the age of ten, he attended the college and academy of skara. here his drawing and painting lessons continued under olof erlandsson, a graduate of the royal academy at stockholm. after graduation from skara college, sandzen spent a semester at lund university attending art history lectures and continuing the study of french. following lund university he went to the technical high school at stockholm, where he studied perspective and form drawing. sandzen joined a group of young artists and they rented a studio at anders zorn's suggestion. they received instruction from anders as well as richard bergh, a well-known portrait painter and per hasselberg, one of sweden's best sculptors. a doctor from the caroline medical institute of stockholm gave anatomy lessons. these young artists formed \"the art school of the artists' league\" which played an important part in the development of modern swedish art.in the summer of 1894 sandzen returned to sweden where he read the book entitled i sverige by a young swedish-american educator, dr. carl a. swensson. dr. swensson, a college president, told of his struggles on the plains of kansas and he challenged other young swedes to come help him. sandzen was excited by the proposition and wrote dr. swensson a letter asking if he could use a young artist who could sing tenor and teach french. as soon as sandzen received the cable offering him a job, he accepted and arrived in lindsborg, kansas the day college opened in the fall.birger soon realized lindborg was where he wanted to make his home with the inspiring atmosphere of the new college and energy of the young teachers and president. he built a home, where he continued to live for fifty-four years. in 1900 he married augusta alfrida leksell, a gifted pianist. they had one daughter, margaret elizabeth.with time sandzen became more and more involved in teaching, even his evenings were reserved for class time. at around nine or ten in the evening he would find time for his own drawing. sandzen's inspiration came from his summers spent in colorado, utah, and new mexico.sandzen spent his time trying to generate an interest in art by talking to people about art, organizing exhibitions and establishing art clubs. he donated artwork to the local art club to help raise money for the purchasing of art books for the library, the financing of 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1897, in topeka, kansas, growing up there. her father, luther d. whittemore was a professor of latin and education, and her mother frances davis whittemore was director of the art department. the artist-to-be studied, naturally enough, at washburn (today a university) from 1915-1919, receiving her degree. from 1920-1923, she studied graphic arts at the school of the art institute of chicago, illinois. in 1927, she taught art, with dr. birger sanzen, at bethany college, in lindsborg, kansas. from 1928-1935. whittemore moved from topeka to kissimmee, florida, in 1952, spending a number of years in both short hills, new jersey, and sarasota, florida, before choosing sarasota as her home. she would die there on november 24, 1983. while whittemore did some work in oil, her primary medium in the expression of kansas subjects was the graphic arts, wood block prints in particular. around 1930, magazines and newspapers began publishing her prints of historic landmarks, as well as her earlier 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raymer met ramona weddle, his future wife, at the art institute.raymer's art was influenced by a number of factors. the circus came to alva often during raymer's childhood. he worked for a poultry business where he did drawings and paintings in his spare time. the \"bible\" was a source of imagery beginning in his childhood. raymer's painting professor at the chicago art institute was boris anisfeld from russia, and his art history professor was helen gardner, author of \"art through the ages\", long-time used as a textbook of american art. raymer talked often of the great influence his trips to mexico had on his artwork and of his desire to remodel his studio in the style of a mexican home.raymer won major awards and international recognition with his religious art work and liturgical commissions. he taught one year at bethany college in the art department and then made his living from the sale of his artwork. he utilized a variety of materials to produce a diverse body of artwork. 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necessary for him to discontinue his formal schooling. young malm then took up the trade of a painter. in 1893 he traveled to the united states and settled at omaha, nebraska. in january of the same year he married matilda wredberg and the following year, the young couple moved to lindsborg.in lindsborg, malm became known as an artist, author, and businessman, and was a key figure in promoting art and the bethany college oratorio tradition. he was a fine painter and a famous author in swedish american circles. his volumes, charlie johnson and h?rute, are classics in swedish american literature. he came to lindsborg at the request of dr. carl a. swenson, president of bethany college in 1894 and soon identified himself fully with the college and the community.malm was secretary of the oratorio society as well as historian. he wrote extensively for newspapers and periodicals about music and art activities. carl g. lotave, birger sandzen and g. n .malm were the founders of the annual easter art exhibition, which today is known as the midwest art exhibition held at the birger sandz?n memorial gallery. the three young men first organized the exhibition in 1899 in conjunction with the events and activities of the messiah at the college.he also won distinction for his painting craft, especially through various designs and stencils, which he developed along with oscar gunnarson, another local lindsborg craftsman and artist.g.n. malm painted several church altar paintings. salemsborg church, bethany lutheran church and the methodist church in lindsborg all have an altar painting by the artist. in 1913 he became associated with the acme paint company in kansas city, but still maintained his lindsborg residence.a small man physically, he had great visions for lindsborg and bethany college and was an untiring worker in behalf of values that would distinguish the community as a center of culture. his untimely death in 1928, following an illness of a few months, was a great 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vincent van gogh and paul cezanne, and for rocky mountain landscape subjects. his early work is tonalist in style in the manner of scandinavian romanticism, but after he began taking trips to colorado, his work became much more expressionist and brightly colored.sven birger sandzen was born in blidsberg, sweden to clara elizabeth and johan peter sandzen. his mother had studied drawing and his father, a minister, enjoyed writing poetry and playing the violin. when birger's parents noticed his artistic inclination, they asked a young minister to give drawing lessons to the nine year old. at the age of ten, he attended the college and academy of skara. here his drawing and painting lessons continued under olof erlandsson, a graduate of the royal academy at stockholm. after graduation from skara college, sandzen spent a semester at lund university attending art history lectures and continuing the study of french. following lund university he went to the technical high school at stockholm, where he studied perspective and form drawing. sandzen joined a group of young artists and they rented a studio at anders zorn's suggestion. they received instruction from anders as well as richard bergh, a well-known portrait painter and per hasselberg, one of sweden's best sculptors. a doctor from the caroline medical institute of stockholm gave anatomy lessons. these young artists formed \"the art school of the artists' league\" which played an important part in the development of modern swedish art.in the summer of 1894 sandzen returned to sweden where he read the book entitled i sverige by a young swedish-american educator, dr. carl a. swensson. dr. swensson, a college president, told of his struggles on the plains of kansas and he challenged other young swedes to come help him. sandzen was excited by the proposition and wrote dr. swensson a letter asking if he could use a young artist who could sing tenor and teach french. as soon as sandzen received the cable offering him a job, he accepted and arrived in lindsborg, kansas the day college opened in the fall.birger soon realized lindborg was where he wanted to make his home with the inspiring atmosphere of the new college and energy of the young teachers and president. he built a home, where he continued to live for fifty-four years. in 1900 he married augusta alfrida leksell, a gifted pianist. they had one daughter, margaret elizabeth.with time sandzen became more and more involved in teaching, even his evenings were reserved for class time. at around nine or ten in the evening he would find time for his own drawing. sandzen's inspiration came from his summers spent in colorado, utah, and new mexico.sandzen spent his time trying to generate an interest in art by talking to people about art, organizing exhibitions and establishing art clubs. he donated artwork to the local art club to help raise money for the purchasing of art books for the library, the financing of exhibitions, and the occasional awarding of a 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pearson (1892-1967) old man in long coat, woodcarving, signed on bottom of base, good condition, no chips or cracks. carving size: 14.75 inches tall x 4 inches wide x 3 inches deep, the base size: 3 inches tall x 5.75 inches wide x 6.5 inches deep. nils anton pearson was born 23 may 1892 in lund, sweden. he started carving at the age of nine. many of the boys in his school were also learning to carve, all of them inspired by the swedish woodcarver d?derhultarn. anton attended a technical school at the university of lund because his father wanted him to be an engineer. anton was more interested in the arts.it is unclear at this time why anton decided to travel to america. his family suspects his adventurous personality played a part in the decision. whatever the reason, he tried to book passage on the rms titanic, but the ship was sold out.anton arrived in america in may 1912, just a few days before his twentieth birthday. he settled in chicago for a time.in 1915, after visiting the world's fair in san francisco, anton decided to make a stop in a little town called lindsborg, kansas, a stop that would change the course of his life. anton enrolled in bethany college to study fine arts under his friend and mentor birger sandzen. by december 1918, he was exhibiting paintings at art shows locally and in surrounding areas.anton in lindsborg supported himself during these years by being a field agent for the capper publishing company as well as selling wearever aluminum kitchen utensils and as an \"oil man\" working for an oil company securing land owners contracts to drill on their property.during his bethany college years, anton met a quietly delightful piano student named grace lane. she was a direct descendant of the pilgrim william brewster. their courtship was a long one, as anton had many adventures he wanted to experience.in 1922, anton took a four-month sojourn traveling by horse and wagon, homemade houseboat, car and rail over 3,600 miles to travel the us and get inspiration for his art. he returned with nearly 200 paintings. anton sent grace many letters during this trip.anton's friendship with birger sandzen was a rewarding one. sandzen was not only anton's teacher and mentor, but a friend as well. many saturdays would find the two driving around in a model t ford from sunup to sundown seeking interesting scenes to sketch for paintings.after many adventures, anton married grace lane in 1929. anton and grace honeymooned in colorado. their daughter rosemary was born in 1933.anton and grace built their home in lindsborg in 1929. anton collected many interesting things during his travels: rocks, antiques, discarded building materials. anton enjoyed finding treasures and repurposing them for his home and studio. anton would later build a garage in the rear that eventually became his woodcarving studio.anton served his adopted country in wwi. he was stationed at camp cody, nm. he worked for the aircraft industry in wichita, ks during wwii. 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capps, whose friends called him \"chili\", did many images of midwestern scenes and southwestern subjects as well as commercial art endeavors. he was especially taken with the adobe architecture of taos and santa fe. he created his own plates, and turning out editions of about 100, signed and numbered each one in pencil. in total, he completed about 80 prints, of which half are aquatints, a third etchings and drypoints and the others blockprints and lithographs.noted for his dry sense of humor, he had a sign over his studio door: \"phooey to the louvre\". one of his friends said that capps \"could puncture a balloon of self-important pomposity.\"a charter member of the prairie print makers of kansas, he served as its president for twenty-three years. he was also active in the society of american etchers, the chicago society of etchers, philadelphia society of etchers, northwest printmakers and printmakers society of california.capps was born in jacksonville, illinois where his father was a clothing manufacturer, and capps worked in the mills during summer vacations. he went to illinois college in jacksonville, graduating in 1920 and then attended the chicago academy of fine arts and the pennsylvania academy of fine arts in philadelphia.returning to jacksonville, he married anna palmer and the couple moved to wichita to work for western lithograph. shortly after, he returned to illinois, taking an advertising job in springfield. then they moved to san francisco, where he worked as a free-lance advertising artist until 1925, when he returned to wichita and a promotion at western lithograph. soon he began experimenting with woodcuts, creating a series of award-winning bookplates, and from 1931, did etchings. the quality of his prints earned him membership in professional printmakers' organizations including the chicago society of etchers, where the committee upon seeing his work, burst into applause. also friendship and classes with doel reed, professor of art at 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wallows just a rock throwing distance from the back steps. for years he slept on the ground as he searched the plateaus, studied the skies, and sketched the purple hills throughout the west.at seventeen rogers designed his own etching press and within four years was accepted by jury to show in an international exhibit. he was one of the youngest ever elected to the pre-eminent society of american etchers.for ten years mr. rogers gave college students the benefit of his knowledge and experience. he studied and worked on several awards in the form of scholarships and fellowships including one to the national academy of design in new york city, two at the tiffany foundation on long island, and two at the huntington hartford foundation in california. after earning his master of fine arts degree at the california college of arts and crafts in oakland, the artist returned to kansas where he served as head of the school of art at his alma mater.mr. rogers was appointed resident manager and assistant director of the huntington hartford art colony where he served for more than a decade.a creative worker in all visual media, charles b. rogers is a conscientious artist, a strong draftsman whose every effort is technically competent. his work speaks to the latent spirit of man with a sensitive power derived from an individual talent. to know his work is to experience an art with an intrinsic life of its own.charles blake \"the kansan\" rogers, died december 10, 1987, at asbury salina regional medical center. he was born january 27, 1911, in great bend, kansas. he and ruth walker married december 27, 1954, at las vegas, nevada. he attended holy apostle episcopal church, ellsworth. survivors included his wife, ruth; a son, robert rogers; and a brother, william rogers.* * * * * * * * * * *charles b. rogers, was born january 27, 1911 at great bend, kansas. as a child, rogers dreamed of becoming an artist. during his childhood he had little encouragement to pursue his dream. after graduation from high school he set out to visit the best art galleries in the united states. rogers received a scholarship to the national academy of art in new york city. he later studied at bethany college, lindsborg, kansas, where he assisted world renowned artist birger sandz?n, who was head of the art department. when sandz?n decided to retire, charles b. rogers, now a graduate and instructor, was chosen to succeed sandz?n as head of the bethany art department.during world war ii, rogers was a member of the coast guard for four years. after the war, he studied at the california college of arts and crafts. rogers then returned to kansas, teaching at bethany for six years. after his stint at bethany, he returned to california in the 1950s. in 1968, rogers returned to kansas and opened his studio/museum/gallery in the two-story american house hotel in downtown ellsworth, kansas.rogers has 127 works of art in the barton county community college's permanent art collection.from the oak street mansion ? owned by roland sabates:charles rogers is one of kansas's most interesting and unique artists. he earned the nickname, \"the kansan, \" when, during the depression, he twice walked across the country observing and sketching the scenery.he was born near great bend, kansas, on january 27, 1911, and had an illustrious career. rogers earned his first degree at bethany college in lindsborg, and later was selected for fellowships at the california college of arts and crafts (where he earned his m.f.a.) and the national academy of arts in new york.he served in the coast guard during world war ii. after the war, he returned to bethany college to teach in 1948, becoming the director of the art department after birger sandz?n retired. between 1954 and 1966, he was manager and assistant director of the huntington hartford art colony in california.in 1968, roger's returned to kansas and purchased the historic american house hotel in ellsworth, which he turned into a gallery and 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work has been noted for its heightened realism and photographic attention to detail.lucioni immigrated to the united states with his family in 1911. in 1915 he won a competition which allowed him to attend cooper union, and he began studying there with william starkweather.in 1920, he studied with william auerbach levy at the national academy of design, and in 1922 was the recipient of a tiffany foundation scholarship. the fellowship enabled him to go back to his homeland in 1924 to study italian primitives. he responded immediately to the realism of early renaissance painting, which left a lasting impression on his work.as he incorporated realism into his own work, lucioni's paintings became more meticulous. his crisp, somewhat flat pattern and detail have been likened to the microscopic approach of the fifteenth-century flemish masters. lucioni's attention to detail can also be traced to his early work as an etcher in 1922, when he mastered that technique which stresses sharp linear precision, a skill instrumental in developing his precise painting style.beginning in 1929, he spent part of each year in manchester depot township in vermont, where he painted still lifes and landscapes of the hills and barns. in the 1930s, while european modernism was gaining momentum in the united states, lucioni remained committed to realism. his painting long island landscape (oil on canvas, 1930) depicts a nation that has tamed its wilderness. the image shows a field that has been cultivated for decades, a deeply rutted road, and a tired fence; all depictions of a country in the midst of the depression.he later taught at the art students' league in new york, and maintained a studio in that city's picturesque washington square. he also had a longstanding love of the opera, and corresponded with various opera singers, including giovanni martinelli, gladys swarthout, cesara valletti, and others.he won many honors during his distinguished career. he took first prize in 1939 at the carnegie international exhibition for a portrait of ethel waters. his 1941 portrait of john la farge was voted best painting by visitors to the corcoran biennial in washington, d.c. lucioni was a member of the society of american etchers (brooklyn), and the allied art association.despite his lack of conscious effort toward the experimental or avant-garde, lucioni's work has always been popular. he spent his last years in union city, new jersey and died in 1988. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 23 x 19 x 1.25 in \n weight: 2.4 lb"},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"133","title":{"en":"lucioni, luigi (1900-1988) 1955 \"hilltop elms\" etching"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/raymersociety/source/catalog/auction/50978/lot/19825/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":50,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":250,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-11T16:14:01.592Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$100 - 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that of vincent van gogh and paul cezanne, and for rocky mountain landscape subjects. his early work is tonalist in style in the manner of scandinavian romanticism, but after he began taking trips to colorado, his work became much more expressionist and brightly colored. sven birger sandzen was born in blidsberg, sweden to clara elizabeth and johan peter sandzen. his mother had studied drawing and his father, a minister, enjoyed writing poetry and playing the violin. when birger's parents noticed his artistic inclination, they asked a young minister to give drawing lessons to the nine year old. at the age of ten, he attended the college and academy of skara. here his drawing and painting lessons continued under olof erlandsson, a graduate of the royal academy at stockholm. after graduation from skara college, sandzen spent a semester at lund university attending art history lectures and continuing the study of french. following lund university he went to the technical high school at stockholm, where he studied perspective and form drawing. sandzen joined a group of young artists and they rented a studio at anders zorn's suggestion. they received instruction from anders as well as richard bergh, a well-known portrait painter and per hasselberg, one of sweden's best sculptors. a doctor from the caroline medical institute of stockholm gave anatomy lessons. these young artists formed \"the art school of the artists' league\" which played an important part in the development of modern swedish art. in the summer of 1894 sandzen returned to sweden where he read the book entitled i sverige by a young swedish-american educator, dr. carl a. swensson. dr. swensson, a college president, told of his struggles on the plains of kansas and he challenged other young swedes to come help him. sandzen was excited by the proposition and wrote dr. swensson a letter asking if he could use a young artist who could sing tenor and teach french. as soon as sandzen received the cable offering him a job, he accepted and arrived in lindsborg, kansas the day college opened in the fall. birger soon realized lindborg was where he wanted to make his home with the inspiring atmosphere of the new college and energy of the young teachers and president. he built a home, where he continued to live for fifty-four years. in 1900 he married augusta alfrida leksell, a gifted pianist. they had one daughter, margaret elizabeth. with time sandzen became more and more involved in teaching, even his evenings were reserved for class time. at around nine or ten in the evening he would find time for his own drawing. sandzen's inspiration came from his summers spent in colorado, utah, and new mexico. sandzen spent his time trying to generate an interest in art by talking to people about art, organizing exhibitions and establishing art clubs. he donated artwork to the local art club to help raise money for the purchasing of art books for the library, the financing of exhibitions, and the occasional awarding of a scholarship. the babcock galleries in new york hosted two large exhibitions of sandzen's work in 1922 and 1923. his sponsors, the american-scandinavian foundation, enthusiastically invited him to come. sandzen's reply was that he had classes and could not leave. sandzen retired after fifty-two years of teaching at bethany college. sandzen had honorary doctorates bestowed upon him by midland college of fremont, nebraska by nebraska university, and by kansas state college. in 1940 he was made a knight if the swedish order of the north star. after many months of failing health, birger sandzen passed away quietly in his home on june 19, 1954. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 14.25 x 15.75 x 0.75 in \n weight: 2.7 lb"},"estimateMax":750,"lotNumber":"134","title":{"en":"sandzen, birger (1871-1954) \"pond with willows\" 1937 linoleum 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watercolor, signed in lower right. good condtion, image size: 9.5 x 18 inches. signe larson (1908-1993) was born in buxton, iowa. she was the youngest of four children and despite lifelong deafness, she was a successful artist. her family moved to lindsborg, kansas in 1927 so that she could attend bethany college. she studied under birger sandzen (1871- 1954) until 1933, when she graduated. she also later studied at the university of colorado at boulder, university of washington and the chicago art institute.with her sister elvira, she traveled across the united states, canada and europe presenting chalk lectures, called chalk talks, in churches. her paintings and prints were awarded prizes in regional and national exhibitions. her favorite painting medium was watercolor. several of her watercolors were reproduced in ford times magazine.a mural by larson hangs in st. paul lutheran church in clay center, kansas. in lindsborg, her village spire studio and the home of her and her sister were the centers of her life. watercolors and prints by signe have found their way into homes across america.in 1984, having moved to a care home in cordova, nebraska, she was named \"alumni artist of the year\" by bethany college. she was the featured artist for hyllningsfest in 1993. her painting of four women at a swedish smorgasbord served as the program cover for the festival.signe larson died in december 1993, and was buried at cordova, nebraska. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 19.75 x 27.75 x 1.75 in \n weight: 3.1 lb"},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"135","title":{"en":"larson, signe (1908-1993) untitled winter road and trees, 1965 watercolor"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/raymersociety/source/catalog/auction/50978/lot/19827/view","tags":["usart_paintings","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":50,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-11T16:14:01.594Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$100 - 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lower left, good condition, canvas size: 12 x 16 inches. dale terbush paints with the goal of celebrating life by \"transforming a beautiful image into something that is purely spiritual and poetic.\" he wants his art to speak for itself; elegant and mysterious, exciting and bold--- scenes of \"mesmerizing magic\". terbush was born in elmhurst a suburb of chicago. soon thereafter his family moved to southern california's san fernando valley. as a young child he began painting but getting to the point of painting exclusively proved challenging, but a learning process. initially trying to find \"a real job, \" he was fortunate to find a career in design with a large chain of restaurants that kept him centered in a facet of the art world. painting a mural on a focal wall of a restaurant, he gained notice and praise by the restaurant's president. soon terbush became head of the interior design department for the company and then worked his way to the position of vice president. success in the business world was achieved with terbush designing over 300 establishments. however, he found that life in the corporate world was lacking the outlet for his desire to paint full time. so being and adventurer, he headed first for santa fe, new mexico in the early 1990's and then to scottsdale, arizona in 1994. later he settled in downtown san diego, california in a home overlooking the water. his painting method is to capture a landscape that comes from within his own imagination and then to let it flow from his own sense of spirit and self; in other words, to be a poet with paint and to evoke the emotional response as in romantic prose. many of his landscapes recall work of the early hudson river school of painters who, like terbush, employed luminism to romanticize and glorify nature in his panoramic vistas ranging from pastoral scenes to dramatic mountains views. collectors of terbush paintings range from celestine prophecy author james redfield, developer donald trump, country 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kansas state university in 1950. early training in watercolor began as a student of architecture at kansas state university where first classes were under professor john helm. employed by architectural firm of thomas and harris, wichita, kansas, in 1950 where he continued for eight years and did many of the firm's architectural illustrations. opened home studio in 1958 doing free lance architectural illustration for architects in kansas and surrounding states. employed by firm of oblinger-smith, landscape architects and city planners from 1970 through 1975 as an architectural illustrator and designer.reopened home studio in 1977 entering the field of fine art and primarily working in transparent watercolor. studied under bill dickerson and others at the wichita art association. subject matter is varied with people, places, and events of the kansas scene being a large part of his work although surrounding mountain states frequently appear in paintings. architectural background often evident in choice of subject matter and attention to detail. paintings have a soft warm appeal and occasionally with a touch of humor.exhibited through wichita gallery of fine art in fourth national financial center in wichita, ks. member of kansas watercolor society and the artists guild of wichita. won awards as early as high school and numerous ones in the kansas watercolor shows with paintings included in various private collections. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 19 x 23 x 2 in \n weight: 6.4 lb"},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"138","title":{"en":"barham, doran (1926-1999) nude seated on rug, watercolor"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/raymersociety/source/catalog/auction/50978/lot/19830/view","tags":["usart_paintings","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-11T16:14:01.598Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$100 - 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accomplished visual artist and works primarily as a painter. michael has an active national exhibition record of solo and group shows and has completed many public art commissions for intuitions such as the sternberg museum of natural history.the base for michael?s work is a deep connection to the immediate environment, life experiences and the way the mind interprets this information. he works both in the studio and in the landscape in this manner allowing him to explore a wide range of physical and emotional experiences. michael encourages exploration, searching for cinematic scenes with a strong sense of impending drama. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 12 x 15.25 x 0.75 in \n weight: 0.9 lb"},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"139","title":{"en":"knutson, michael \"big boi\" 2024 oil on 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florida in1923, but spent the majority of his youth in lindsborg, kansas benefiting from the art and music culture that was flourishing in lindsborg. weddle died in 2017 in wichita, ks.don weddle grew up in lindsborg ks graduating from high school in 1941. his college years were interrupted by wwii in which he served his country as a lieutenant in the navy in the pacific. after serving a distinguished military career in the united states navy reserve as a lieutenant (jg) from 1943-1946, he returned and earned a ba in art from bethany college, lindsborg, ks. he attended the chicago art institute, earned a master's degree from university of new mexico and, in 1985, was awarded an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, bethany college. lindsborg provided a fertile soil for budding artists and musicians that was not lost on donald. with notable teachers and artisans like sandzen, painter oscar gunnerson, woodcarver anton person, cabinetmaker john altenborg, pianist oscar torsen, dr. hagbard brase, and artist lester raymer. donald subtly and yet intentionally became drawn to this world of artist's and creativity. encouraging and inspiring young art students was his passion at wichita west, south, and southeast high schools as art teacher for many years earned him a ?teacher of the year? award from the wichita public school system. he also taught classes at wichita university. retirement allowed time in his studio for producing many impressionist works, which now reside in homes across the country. it also allowed him more time in his beloved lindsborg, where he delighted in perpetuating its history and character with his gift of storytelling. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 22.75 x 425.5 x 1.75 in \n weight: 3.5 lb"},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"140","title":{"en":"weddle, don (1923-2017) \"approaching temptest\" 1986 oil on 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signed in lower right, good condition, image size: 11 x 13 inches. reed was a member of the prairie print makers. remembered as an important member of the taos art community after 1960, doel reed achieved an international reputation as a landscape artist and printmaker, and as a master of aquatint. his paintings and aquatints were earth-toned and geometric in style and featured architectural forms of the new mexico landscape.he was born in logansport, indiana, and from 1924 until 1959, chaired the art department at oklahoma state university. then he moved to talpa, near taos, new mexico where he and his family had been spending many summers and he had done and he did much sketching in arizona and new mexico, especially the countryside and pueblos near talpa. his method of working was to sketch in the field and then complete the paintings in his studio.he first pursued architecture but enjoying drawing, enrolled at the art academy of cincinnati from 1916 to 1917 and 1919 to 1920. he served in world war i and was gassed and temporarily blinded. after months in base hospitals in france, he returned to the art academy and became interested in graphics. however, in those days, there were few schools specializing in that subject, so he was largely self taught. in 1952, he was elected to the national academy of design.he wrote a book, doel reed makes an aquatint, published 1965, and known for oils and caseins, he earned much fame from his aquatints. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 19 x 23 x 1.25 in \n weight: 3.7 lb"},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"141","title":{"en":"reed, doel (1894-1985) \"villa de santiago\", 39/50, 1934 aquatint"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/raymersociety/source/catalog/auction/50978/lot/19833/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":425,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-11T16:14:02.576Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - 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washburn college teachers on september 7, 1897, in topeka, kansas, growing up there. her father, luther d. whittemore was a professor of latin and education, and her mother frances davis whittemore was director of the art department. the artist-to-be studied, naturally enough, at washburn (today a university) from 1915-1919, receiving her degree.from 1920-1923, she studied graphic arts at the school of the art institute of chicago, illinois. in 1927, she taught art, with dr. birger sanzen, at bethany college, in lindsborg, kansas. from 1928-1935. whittemore moved from topeka to kissimmee, florida, in 1952, spending a number of years in both short hills, new jersey, and sarasota, florida, before choosing sarasota as her home. she would die there on november 24, 1983.while whittemore did some work in oil, her primary medium in the expression of kansas subjects was the graphic arts, wood block prints in particular. around 1930, magazines and newspapers began publishing her prints of historic landmarks, as well as her earlier birds and trees. she illustrated books by other writers, while also writing and illustrating her own. sketchbook of kansas landmarks, published in 1936, was her first book. it featured drawings and descriptions of historically significant landmarks like the capitol, missions, old trails, homes, bridges and trees. the 1955 exhibit of chicago and midwestern bookmaking honored whittemore's historic kansas: a centenary sketchbook, 1954. her one-way ticket to kansas appeared in 1959.an early oil, santa fe poster, was shown at the kansas city art institute in their 1923 exhibition of work by artists of kansas, missouri and oklahoma. whittemore, during summer study with birger sandzen at the broadmoor academy, colorado springs, painted another oil, sunrise on pikes peak, which was also exhibited at the institute in the 1924 midwestern artists exhibition. other exhibitions included the prairie print makers, which traveled through kansas. she won 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johansen at saugatuck, mi. he then had a studio in nyc until 1910 when he moved to southern california and first exhibited in los angeles. the 1920s were spent in san juan capistrano where he maintained a studio in an old adobe. after moving to hollywood in 1929, henry was an art critic for citizens news. in the mid-1940s he moved to a home in three arch bay south of laguna beach and continued to paint until his eyesight failed in the mid-1960s. he died in costa mesa, ca on may 16, 1974. using a pointillist style with a rich palette of blues, reds and lavenders, henry painted poetic landscapes of southern california. \n condition: good condition, canvas \n dimensions: 33.5 x 27.5 x 1.5 in \n weight: 2.6 lb"},"estimateMax":2000,"lotNumber":"143","title":{"en":"henry, harry raymond (1882-1974) \"morning fantasy\" oil on 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landscape painters, whose work has been noted for its heightened realism and photographic attention to detail.lucioni immigrated to the united states with his family in 1911. in 1915 he won a competition which allowed him to attend cooper union, and he began studying there with william starkweather.in 1920, he studied with william auerbach levy at the national academy of design, and in 1922 was the recipient of a tiffany foundation scholarship. the fellowship enabled him to go back to his homeland in 1924 to study italian primitives. he responded immediately to the realism of early renaissance painting, which left a lasting impression on his work.as he incorporated realism into his own work, lucioni's paintings became more meticulous. his crisp, somewhat flat pattern and detail have been likened to the microscopic approach of the fifteenth-century flemish masters. lucioni's attention to detail can also be traced to his early work as an etcher in 1922, when he mastered that technique which stresses sharp linear precision, a skill instrumental in developing his precise painting style.beginning in 1929, he spent part of each year in manchester depot township in vermont, where he painted still lifes and landscapes of the hills and barns. in the 1930s, while european modernism was gaining momentum in the united states, lucioni remained committed to realism. his painting long island landscape (oil on canvas, 1930) depicts a nation that has tamed its wilderness. the image shows a field that has been cultivated for decades, a deeply rutted road, and a tired fence; all depictions of a country in the midst of the depression.he later taught at the art students' league in new york, and maintained a studio in that city's picturesque washington square. he also had a longstanding love of the opera, and corresponded with various opera singers, including giovanni martinelli, gladys swarthout, cesara valletti, and others.he won many honors during his distinguished career. he took 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excited by the proposition and wrote dr. swensson a letter asking if he could use a young artist who could sing tenor and teach french. as soon as sandzen received the cable offering him a job, he accepted and arrived in lindsborg, kansas the day college opened in the fall.birger soon realized lindborg was where he wanted to make his home with the inspiring atmosphere of the new college and energy of the young teachers and president. he built a home, where he continued to live for fifty-four years. in 1900 he married augusta alfrida leksell, a gifted pianist. they had one daughter, margaret elizabeth.with time sandzen became more and more involved in teaching, even his evenings were reserved for class time. at around nine or ten in the evening he would find time for his own drawing. sandzen's inspiration came from his summers spent in colorado, utah, and new mexico.sandzen spent his time trying to generate an interest in art by talking to people about art, organizing exhibitions and establishing art clubs. he donated artwork to the local art club to help raise money for the purchasing of art books for the library, the financing of exhibitions, and the occasional awarding of a scholarship.the babcock galleries in new york hosted two large exhibitions of sandzen's work in 1922 and 1923. his sponsors, the american-scandinavian foundation, enthusiastically invited him to come. sandzen's reply was that he had classes and could not leave.sandzen retired after fifty-two years of teaching at bethany college. sandzen had honorary doctorates bestowed upon him by midland college of fremont, nebraska by nebraska university, and by kansas state college. in 1940 he was made a knight if the swedish order of the north star.after many months of failing health, birger sandzen passed away quietly in his home on june 19, 1954. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 24 x 30 x 0.5 in \n weight: 7 lb"},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"145","title":{"en":"sandzen, birger (1871-1954) 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