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(samuels 222)his parents were carl nelson gorman, artist, and adella katherine brown. he abandoned the name \"rudolph\" and signed his artwork with the initials r.c. he grew up during the depression years, and he later said his first materials were \"sand, rocks, and mud.\" his father, carl, was one of the first indian artists to depart from tradition and paint from his own personal expression, but r.c. seldom saw his father during his early childhood because he was away during the war, serving in the south pacific as one of the code talkers---navajos who used their language as secret code to foil the enemy..women, particularly his maternal grandmother, were primary influences and remain the focus of most of his paintings and prints. she spent much time with him during his childhood, and they herded sheep together, and he often drew on the rocks including a depiction of a nude woman that brought him a scolding. she told him the navajo traditions and legends, sang the old songs, and taught him about plants and animals.his mother, who had been sent away to government schools, directed him more towards the anglo world and spoke to him only in english. she oversaw his education, and he first attended chinle public school. at age 10, he went to flagstaff, shipped there in a cattle car with his mother, to work in the navajo ordnance. on the way, he saw his first painting at a stop at hopiland at moencopi trading post, and couldn't get it out of his mind.after that he attended st. michael's, a catholic boarding school on the navajo reservation, from where he was expelled. next he went to ganado presbyterian mission school where well-known southwest trader don lorenzo hubbell had a trading post nearby and was a key figure in helping with the organizing of the school. a dr. clarence salsbury was director of education and encouraged gorman with his unique talents, which were recognized by many students and faculty members. many years later, in 1978, the college of ganado awarded gorman an honorary doctorate of fine arts, which he later said was the highest honor he had received.he went to college in flagstaff at northern arizona university, and in 1951 enlisted in the navy for four years during the korean war, but never quit drawing. in 1955, he re-enrolled at northern arizona university, studying literature and art, and illustrated for a school magazine.a trip to mexico and later a year long study scholarship really excited him, especially viewing murals by orozco, rivera, and siqueiros, and sculpture by zuniga because these artists were depicting realistic people. their works were a catalyst for his decision to paint likenesses and create lithographs of people from his own heritage.however, gorman did not stay long on the navajo reservation. in 1962, he left and would return only for visits. he moved to san francisco where he had successful exhibitions of his work and earned the patronage of charles and ruth de young elkus, who encouraged young indian talent.in 1964, he went to taos, new mexico, and shortly after had an exhibition there in the manchester gallery. he returned to san francisco where he went through a period of doing surreal landscapes but made frequent trips to taos. he also had several joint exhibitions with his father, carl gorman, and in 1968 purchased the manchester gallery in taos, renaming it the navajo gallery. from then it was his studio and home.in the 1970s, he became a nationally known artist, and visitors to the southwest were taking his work to all parts of the country. he also opened a gallery in tubac, arizona, about 40 miles south of tucson, and conducted numerous workshops. during that decade, he first experimented with lithography, studying with jose sanchez in mexico city. he did etchings, silk screen, sculpture, and ceramics and also began his pastel, watercolor wash full-bodied indian women that became his trademark. of this subject matter, he said: \"i choose models who have full bodies--something you can put your two arms around and feel a real woman. i like the ample figure because it fills space softly\" (monthan, \"r.c. gorman, 29).his daily work schedule has been one of arriving at his studio about 8:30 am, working intensely, eating a long lunch with a glass of wine, returning to work for an hour or so, and then disappearing until the next day. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 41 x 32.5 x 1.25 in \n weight: 14.5 lb"},"estimateMax":200,"lotNumber":"15","title":{"en":"gorman, r.c. 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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 \"best print by a kansas artist\" in the 1936 american block print exhibition, in wichita, kansas. \n condition: 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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 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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 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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 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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 outstretched at bramlage coliseum, and busts of martin luther king, jr., and marianna kistler beach at the k-state art museum named for her. bergen was also an enthusiastic community and civic leader. he was a founding member of the salina ambucs club, a member of the masonic temple, and elected to a term on the salina school board in 1973 and served as president. he was an active member of the st. john's lutheran church and the salina war memorial committee, which raised funds to honor salina's veterans with a plaza in sunset park. his sculpture of an eagle with wings spread wide is atop the memorial. born january 7, 1925, in palm beach, fla., to gilbert and fern (tyner) bergen, he grew up in elizabeth, n.j., where he attended high school. bergen enlisted in the u.s. navy in 1941 and served as a machinist in the south pacific. encouraged to study art after the war, bergen attended the newark school of fine art in 1946, then moved to kansas to enroll at bethany college in lindsborg to study with noted artists birger sandzen 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lindsborg schools and graduated from the bethany college commercial department in 1906.as a young boy, gunnarson was interested in drawing and painting. many hours were spent drawing. he also took lessons from birger sandzén, but was largely a self-taught artist. later, oscar also developed an interest in sculpture.in the early 1930s gunnarson began to produce concrete sculpture. a number of local lindsborg people became the subject of this work. several of these sculptures are on display at the old mill museum in lindsborg.oscar gunnarson's landscape oil paintings capture and depict the blowing snow which fills the land of the smoky valley. he painted many winter motifs of the farms along the burma road (13th avenue) west of lindsborg. he captured local farmers milking their cows on cold winter days or their homesteads covered with snow and ice. birger sandzén complimented oscar for his ability to capture the feeling of blowing snow and for his many scenes of the farms and barns of 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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 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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 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to make a pictorial visit of their trip by copying block prints from a book, and she saw what she described as the \"real possibilities\" of block printmaking. she used the oriental method, which is the mixing of dry color with water and rice-flour paste.she had a residency in kansas in 1923, and furthered her interest and skills in color block prints. she and her husband spent two years in europe, 1925 to 1927, studying and sketching including time in london and edinburgh, scotland where she met mable royds, married to etcher e.s. lumsden. from royds, she learned the japanese woodcut print method on rice paper involving transparent watercolors, which for hall was a redirection from opaque oil based colors. adopting this approach exclusively for many years, hall printed with as many as six or seven colors, each requiring a separate hand cut woodblock. in 1942, the couple moved to santa fe, new mexico where her reputation was established for her block prints of the southwest, especially 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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 them instantly recognizable. 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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 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atkinson and franklin henry atkinson and the descendent of prominent topeka pioneer, joel huntoon. huntoon spent six years of her childhood on the cattle ranch of her grandfather, fred huntoon, in beaver county (no man's land), oklahoma. at age twelve, she was rechristened mary huntoon parsons and adopted by her mother's second husband, harvey greely parsons.huntoon was inspired to develop her artistic ability by her stepfather, harvey parsons, a cartoonist and columnist in topeka. huntoon's academic training began at washburn university where she earned her degree in art in 1920. huntoon studied with portraitist and founder of the art school at washburn, kansas artist george m. stone. she continued her studies at the art students league in new york, and grew as an artist under instructors robert henri, george bridgman, frank vincent du mond, and joseph pennell. pennell persuaded her to travel to paris where she reputedly introduced stanley hayter to printmaking techniques. living in the latin quarter for five years, huntoon sketched the buildings, people, and surrounding city scenes in which she lived. her works were exhibited in the salon d'automne of 1929, as well as at the salon des indépendants. huntoon's first one-artist show was in paris at the galerie sacre du printemps in 1929.despite these distinguished connections, huntoon's gender seemed to be a detriment. under an assumed name, huntoon's husband, a former reporter, mocked a reviewer's praise of her work in a letter to the editor of a paris newspaper. he stated that \"no women (sic) has distinguished herself in 5,000 years and it is a little too late to begin to hope.\" public outcry at this misogynistic rant prompted record crowds at the exhibition, which was exactly the intended effect.huntoon returned to topeka in 1934 where she taught at her alma mater, washburn college. she became state supervisor for the wpa federal art project in kansas from 1934-1938. in later years, huntoon directed programs 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anton (1892-1967) man sawing firewood, woodcarving, signed on bottom, good condition, no visible chips, size with base: 9.5 x 11 x 9 inches. 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 döderhultarn. 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 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pencil signed in lower left, fair condition with toning in margins, image size: 7 x 10 inches. sven birger sandzén (1871-1954)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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her weekdays working, which meant that barbara spent much time with her grandmothers. she said that \"the personalities of the three women formed a catalyst for her art. she also had much time for pursuing her talent as a youngster because she suffered from asthma and spent much time alone---\"on the inside looking out\"after high school graduation, she used a scholarship to attend traphagen school of fashion. there one of her instructors encouraged her to change to fine art, which she did and then she enrolled at the art students league in new york city. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 42 x 35 x 1.25 in \n weight: 15.4 lb"},"estimateMax":150,"lotNumber":"100","title":{"en":"wood, barbara, seated woman, 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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 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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 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he was a founding member of the salina ambucs club, a member of the masonic temple, and elected to a term on the salina school board in 1973 and served as president. he was an active member of the st. john's lutheran church and the salina war memorial committee, which raised funds to honor salina's veterans with a plaza in sunset park. his sculpture of an eagle with wings spread wide is atop the memorial. born january 7, 1925, in palm beach, fla., to gilbert and fern (tyner) bergen, he grew up in elizabeth, n.j., where he attended high school. bergen enlisted in the u.s. navy in 1941 and served as a machinist in the south pacific. encouraged to study art after the war, bergen attended the newark school of fine art in 1946, then moved to kansas to enroll at bethany college in lindsborg to study with noted artists birger sandzen and charles rogers. bergen graduated from bethany in 1953 with a bfa in art. he met his wife, marquette native lou ann (lindstrom), in his very first class at 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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 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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 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ray (1930-2007) brown jar, stoneware, kahmeyer stamp on bottom, good condition, no chips or cracks, jar size: 7 x 4 x 4.5 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 \u201cgot bit\u201d by the clay bug, as his sister joy davis described in 2016. kahmeyer earned both his bachelor\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s bernard leach (1887-1979) and japan\u2019s shoji hamada (1894- 1978), continued to inform his work in functional pottery throughout his career.kahmeyer exhibited his pots widely throughout his career, showing in a variety of regional exhibitions each year and occasionally sending work further afield to other states across the country. he earned numerous purchase awards and his work appears in a host of museum and private collections. the professor was also invited often to other colleges and high schools to present lectures, demonstrations, and workshops.kahmeyer taught ceramics at bethany for two and a half decades, imparting hard science lessons in the chemistry of glaze mixing and the physics of materials under forces of motion and heat, but gave all his students much more than a typical college education. the ceramics professor retired in 1992 but continued to work in his home studio \u2013 a re-constructed chicken barn rebuilt with salvaged materials, including a plethora of old windows that provided good lighting.kahmeyer and a few other lindsborg artists began inviting people in 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as a woodblock printmaker and one of the founding members of the prairie printmakers, norma bassett hall was the only woman charter member of that group and the only one to establish a reputation exclusively with color prints. she was born and raised in halsey, oregon, and took her first art lessons at the school of the portland art association, where she studied for three years. after graduation, she gave private art lessons.in 1915, she enrolled at the art institute of chicago, graduating in 1918. there she was an assistant teacher for one year and met her future husband, arthur william hall, who was also a student there and whose studies were interrupted by army service in world war i. norma hall worked on defense projects in a drafting office after her graduation until the end of the war.in 1920, she returned to oregon where she opened a studio in portland and taught in a high school. two years later she and arthur were married.her interest in woodblock printmaking dated from 1922 when she was on a cannon beach, oregon honeymoon trip with arthur. the couple decided to make a pictorial visit of their trip by copying block prints from a book, and she saw what she described as the \"real possibilities\" of block printmaking. she used the oriental method, which is the mixing of dry color with water and rice-flour paste.she had a residency in kansas in 1923, and furthered her interest and skills in color block prints. she and her husband spent two years in europe, 1925 to 1927, studying and sketching including time in london and edinburgh, scotland where she met mable royds, married to etcher e.s. lumsden. from royds, she learned the japanese woodcut print method on rice paper involving transparent watercolors, which for hall was a redirection from opaque oil based colors. adopting this approach exclusively for many years, hall printed with as many as six or seven colors, each requiring a separate hand cut woodblock. in 1942, the couple moved to santa fe, new mexico where her reputation was established for her block prints of the southwest, especially new mexico. after a short time, the couple settled in alcalde, new mexico where the couple continued painting and also opened a summer art school. she began to devote a lot of time to serigraphs of local scenes and also did watercolors. the subjects of the totality of her work reflect the wide travels of the halls and include kansas-farm scenes, oregon landscapes, european scenes and new mexico pueblos. \n condition: good condition, mat, no frame \n dimensions: 15.5 x 18 x 0.25 in \n weight: 0.4 lb"},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"132","title":{"en":"hall, norma bassett (1889-1957) \"ed.50, jontra farm\" color wood 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and raised in tarrytown, new york. he exhibited an early aptitude for art that was encouraged by his mother's sister who was an amateur artist. at the age of thirteen, kent's aunt took the young boy on a tour of europe, during which he was able to experience much important art and architecture first hand.a few years later, kent studied at william merritt chase's summer art school in shinnecock hills, long island, and was offered a full scholarship. however, kent's mother, less than happy about the idea of her son studying art in new york city among a group of bohemians, convinced the young man to accept a four-year scholarship to the school of architecture at columbia university.kent studied at columbia for three and one-half years before deciding that the fine arts were his true calling, finally accepting the scholarship to the chase school.kent went on to develop a highly successful career as not only a painter, printmaker, illustrator, and designer, but also as a writer, political activist, and spokes person for artist's causes. although kent was clearly recognized as a formidable artistic talent, his political ideas and activities eventually overshadowed his other achievements.in the mid-nineteen thirties, he was one of the best known of contemporary american painters, and then he virtually disappeared from most american art surveys until the 1960s when he again received serious critical attention.an important aspect of kent's life, which directly influenced his artistic production, was his intense wanderlust. he traveled to such destinations as monhegan island (1905-1910); newfoundland (1914 -15); alaska (1918-19); tierra del fuego (1922) ; france (1925); ireland (1926-27); and greenland on three separate occasions between 1929 and 1935. each locale served as subjects for numerous landscape and marine paintings. \n condition: good condition \n dimensions: 17 x 14 x 1 in \n weight: 3.7 lb"},"estimateMax":1500,"lotNumber":"133","title":{"en":"kent, rockwell 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