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beautiful.logan is distinguished among midwestern artists for the force and vitality of his woodcut prints. he had never heard of woodcuts until he became employed in the art department of a wichita printing company. he spent a year in the chicago academy of fine arts, taking all the drawing he could get in by day classes and studying by correspondence at night. he was also an eager student of design.by chance a customer of a wichita printing firm urged logan to go talk to mr. c. a. seward (1884-1939). that very evening he went to see seward and learned for the first time about the making of woodcuts. the next day he set out to find a piece of cherry wood. putting a fine edge on his pocket knife, he made his first woodcut print.the kansas landscape he found along the roadside became the subject for many of his prints. blazing sunlight effects in summer, falling snow and drifted farmsteads in winter are found in his prints. he often masses areas of black in contrast to splashes of 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approximately 140 woodcuts from 1921 to 1938. in the early 1930s, he was named art director for consolidated printing in salina and remained there until his retirement in 1967.throughout his life, he was active in civic and service organizations, including the masons and rotary international. he was an authority on antique firearms, the civil war, and active in the national rifle association - writing a monthly article for the national rifleman magazine from approximately 1945 to 1965. he also created a cartoon called \"the colonel says\" that ran in the salina journal and was sponsored by consolidated printing. after he retired, logan moved to santa ana, california, and began printing miniature books using a baby reliance press.he died in santa ana in 1987.although he created a limited amount of woodcuts, he established a reputation as one of the finest masters of the medium and received numerous awards in juried competitions. his prints have a decisively elegant aspect that makes 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while working on her masters' degree which she was awarded from ohio state university in 1941. continued studying and teaching in colorado, iowa, and new mexico. helped with the craft projects at camp carson, co during world war ii. became assistant professor of art at bethany college, lindsborg in 1945 before moving to new york in 1950. from 1951-71 she taught at longwood college, va then returned to colorado upon retirement. \n condition: good condition, no mat or frame \n dimensions: 8 x 10 in"},"estimateMax":100,"lotNumber":"34","title":{"en":"ross, annie lee (1909-1978) the old cottege barn, block print"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/raymersociety/source/catalog/auction/55433/lot/19872/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":20,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-11T16:14:30.198Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$50 - 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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 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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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(1954-1966). he moved to bozeman, montana where in 1966, he became director of the school of art at montana state university, and also became an established painter. he uses loose strokes and much color contrast, and his preferred medium is acrylic. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 46 x 34 x 2 in \n weight: 12 lb"},"estimateMax":500,"lotNumber":"54","title":{"en":"bashor, john (1926-2013) aspen morning, acrylic on board"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/raymersociety/source/catalog/auction/55433/lot/19892/view","tags":["usart_paintings","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":450,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-11T16:14:31.021Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$300 - 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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 \n dimensions: 28.75 x 34.5 x 1.75 in \n weight: 9.7 lb"},"estimateMax":30000,"lotNumber":"55","title":{"en":"sandzen, 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beautiful.logan is distinguished among midwestern artists for the force and vitality of his woodcut prints. he had never heard of woodcuts until he became employed in the art department of a wichita printing company. he spent a year in the chicago academy of fine arts, taking all the drawing he could get in by day classes and studying by correspondence at night. he was also an eager student of design.by chance a customer of a wichita printing firm urged logan to go talk to mr. c. a. seward (1884-1939). that very evening he went to see seward and learned for the first time about the making of woodcuts. the next day he set out to find a piece of cherry wood. putting a fine edge on his pocket knife, he made his first woodcut print.the kansas landscape he found along the roadside became the subject for many of his prints. blazing sunlight effects in summer, falling snow and drifted farmsteads in winter are found in his prints. he often masses areas of black in contrast to splashes of light.as a charter member of the prairie print makers society, herschel logan (1901 - 1987) was recognized among his peers as one of the foremost printmakers in kansas when the group was founded in 1930. over his lifetime, logan's woodcuts received more than thirty prizes in art exhibitions throughout the region and u.s. they are represented in the permanent collections of the library of congress, new york public library and other esteemed institutions.logan's method of creating a woodcut is best documented in the book, herschel logan: man of many careers by anthony lehman. he writes, \"working either from photographs or field sketches, he would first make a rough outline on the block using tracing paper, then ponder the initial design for several days. after his imagination and innate artistic sense had a chance to function, the completed picture - which had largely evolved in his mind - was then realized on the wood.\" generally, his editions numbered 50 prints.logan made approximately 140 woodcuts from 1921 to 1938. in the early 1930s, he was named art director for consolidated printing in salina and remained there until his retirement in 1967.throughout his life, he was active in civic and service organizations, including the masons and rotary international. he was an authority on antique firearms, the civil war, and active in the national rifle association - writing a monthly article for the national rifleman magazine from approximately 1945 to 1965. he also created a cartoon called \"the colonel says\" that ran in the salina journal and was sponsored by consolidated printing. after he retired, logan moved to santa ana, california, and began printing miniature books using a baby reliance press.he died in santa ana in 1987.although he created a limited amount of woodcuts, he established a reputation as one of the finest masters of the medium and received numerous awards in juried competitions. his prints have a decisively elegant aspect that makes 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svartorps parish, j&ouml;nk&ouml;ping, sweden, on january 20, 1869. he was the son of the rev. and mrs. p.a. malm. as a young boy he showed promising talent. malm enrolled at the college in j&ouml;nk&ouml;ping, but inadequate financial support made it 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&auml;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&eacute;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 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retire the following year in order to focus his energies on his art career. he handed the florist business over to his son and grandson, traveling to europe with helen on sketching trips in 1956 and 1958. by then he had found success as an artist, commerically and in the exhibitioning world. he became a member of the print makers society of california and the prairie printmakers for whom he created gift prints in 1953 and 1960, respectively. in 1954, his print \"yellow-throated warbler\" was chosen as the presentation print for the chicago society of etchers.bebb continued working as a printmaker, building a prolific body of work. known for his bird prints as much as for his florals and landscapes, his work was treasured not just by print enthusiasts but by botanists, ornithologists, and conservationists. in 1976 bebb and his daughter, artist helen brainerd, were both named artists of the month by oklahoma governor david boren and three of bebb's works were featured in the winter 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landscape painter. he is best known for his modernist style with 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 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then ponder the initial design for several days. after his imagination and innate artistic sense had a chance to function, the completed picture - which had largely evolved in his mind - was then realized on the wood.\" generally, his editions numbered 50 prints.logan made approximately 140 woodcuts from 1921 to 1938. in the early 1930s, he was named art director for consolidated printing in salina and remained there until his retirement in 1967.throughout his life, he was active in civic and service organizations, including the masons and rotary international. he was an authority on antique firearms, the civil war, and active in the national rifle association - writing a monthly article for the national rifleman magazine from approximately 1945 to 1965. he also created a cartoon called \"the colonel says\" that ran in the salina journal and was sponsored by consolidated printing. after he retired, logan moved to santa ana, california, and began printing miniature books using a baby 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promoter of the arts, and as an author. the effects of these endeavors have endured. of equal importance was his career as a fine artist and innovative printmaker. during his lifetime his work as a printmaker received national and international acclaim and it continues to be sought after today. by 1906, at the age of 22, c.a. seward had begun his career as a commercial artist in his home town of chase, kansas. his portfolio and reputation grew quickly. by 1907, he opened his commercial art studio in wichita, kansas. among his first clients were some of wichita's earliest entrepreneurs like a.a. hyde and his mentholatum company and w.c. coleman with his lighting company. in 1909 seward was hired as the art editor for kansas magazine. in this capacity he not only designed all the cover art but also began what became another one of his lifelong endeavors, writing about art. by 1910 seward expanded his design studio to include an art school and renamed it the southwestern school of art. a job opportunity and the needs of his growing family soon inspired him to close this studio and art school to become the manager of the art department for capper engraving. he remained with the capper company for about 14 years. then another chance arose for him to once again open his own freelance commercial art studio combined with an art school as well as an exhibition and sales gallery. his new seward studio was acclaimed by the wichita newspaper as something one might experience in greenwich village in new york. during this time seward also became very involved with others in founding the wichita art association. as the first secretary-treasurer he worked to develop the exhibition and art class programs. after these programs became established seward then closed his own school and studio in 1923 to become the director of art for the western lithograph company. he held this position for 16 years until his death in 1939 at the age of 54. throughout his life seward worked as a commercial artist and illustrator by day and pursued his own personal fine art in the evenings and during weekend or vacation sketching trips. he was a life-long student; he never stopped assimilating new ideas and techniques. he amassed an extensive and varied collection of both american and japanese prints as well as books. he also maintained a vast correspondence with artist friends from coast to coast. in a letter to the curator at the smithsonian a seward thus aptly noted that he was \"mostly self taught.\" he did briefly study with painter, george melville stone and cartoonist, albert turner reid at washburn college. then for a short time he taught drawing classes to pay expenses while working with swedish painter, birger sandzen at bethany college in lindsborg, kansas. influenced by these early mentors, seward's pursuit of art began with paintings. in these first endeavors he did meet with success. in 1921 he created a large oil painting, wichita in 1869 which was exhibited at the annual wichita \"wheat show\" exposition and he also received a commission to paint a large oil, the acropolis, for the grand masonic lodge at topeka, kansas. by 1919, seward began to combine his commercially-honed technical printing knowledge and his skill as a draftsman into the creation of his own print images. it was with this medium that he was able to achieve his goals as an artist. \"the lithograph is the medium for the man who wants to draw, \" were seward's own words. he quickly developed a strong, deceptively fluid and easy appearing personal style. for 20 years, until his death in 1939, seward focused on capturing his observations of the nuances of the landscape around him. as early as 1923, his prints were receiving national and international recognition. his reputation as a fine artist was built on his widely recognized skill as a printmaker, especially in the medium of lithography. by the end of his life his prints had been exhibited in solo and juried group shows throughout the united states.prints allowed seward to expand his other goal of making good art available to everyone despite their income beyond his home in kansas. in 1930, he became the leading spirit and catalytic founding member of the prairie print makers. this group had a clearly stated goal: \"to further the interests of both artists and laymen in printmaking and collecting.\" it quickly became nationally prominent with its' gift print and exhibition program. then in 1931 seward's seminal book, metal plate lithography for artists and draftsmen, was published. three years later, in 1934 he authored a guide book on lithography as part of the \"enjoy your museum\" series.through all these years, seward continually broadened his work as an arts advocate not just as a founding member of both the wichita art association and the wichita art museum but also the wichita artists' guild and then by 1932 as the director and then president of the kansas federation of the arts. somehow he 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50s, using instructional books and pamphlets. he made his first etching 1941 and by 1949 he had begun exhibiting, participating in that year's chicago society of etchers's annual exhibition. he was awarded the graphic chemical & ink co. purchase prize in 1950, spurring his passion for printmaking and inspiring him to retire the following year in order to focus his energies on his art career. he handed the florist business over to his son and grandson, traveling to europe with helen on sketching trips in 1956 and 1958. by then he had found success as an artist, commerically and in the exhibitioning world. he became a member of the print makers society of california and the prairie printmakers for whom he created gift prints in 1953 and 1960, respectively. in 1954, his print \"yellow-throated warbler\" was chosen as the presentation print for the chicago society of etchers.bebb continued working as a printmaker, building a prolific body of work. known for his bird prints as much as for 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birger (1871-1954) autumn, smoky hill river, kansas, 1952 oil on board, signed lower right, good condition, panel size: 20 x 24 inches. birger sandzen had a long distinguished career as an art professor at bethany college in lindsborg, kansas and as an impressionist landscape painter. he is best known for his modernist style with 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 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 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