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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 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artistic talent at an early age, she applied to and was granted admission to the national academy of design at the age of only fourteen. due to the deaths of both of her parents, her mother in 1913 and her father in 1919, it took her approximately one decade for her to complete her studies at the academy. tait sought to continuously improve her artistic skills and completed a course in lithography at the école des beaux-arts in paris in 1927. she was also tenacious in advocating for herself. for example, in 1928 she not only gained representation from the cooperstown art association, but she also secured her first solo exhibition at dudensing galleries in new york city and was included in the art institute of chicago\u2019s first annual exhibition of american paintings and sculpture. tait\u2019s \u201cthe bride\u201d was selected for this exhibition on display october 25-december 16, 1928. an image of this artwork was also reproduced in chicago\u2019s evening post with the caption \u201ca picture accorded much popular admiration in the recent american show at the art institute.\u201d tait was contracted by the wpa as an easel painter depicting everyday american life. what is widely considered her most famous work of art, skating in central park, now in the collection of the smithsonian institution, was completed while tait was working for the wpa. in 1941 tait relocated to santa fe, new mexico where she would reside for the rest of her life. in her time, she had a successful career as an artist with several solo exhibitions, mural projects, book illustrations, work for publications, and portrait commissions. \u201ci kept very busy painting children\u2019s portraits in and out of state, \u201d tait said. \u201coften i traveled by bus and would be so exhausted after i finished a portrait that i would plead with the family to let me go to bed. they\u2019d almost take it as an offense that i wanted to be by myself. nobody knows what being an itinerant portrait 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until she was in her 30's when, in 1893, she attended the chicago columbian exposition where she saw prints by such notable artists as james abbott mcneill whistler, james tissot, and anders zorn. she became immediately interested in the etching technique and her surgeon husband, william k. jaques (an 1883 graduate of cornell collge whom she met in mount vernon, iowa) fashioned tools out of surgical instruments so that she could etch copper plates. with the purchase of a printing press, jaques made her first etching in chicago in 1894. her interest in the print never waned and her home and studio were the setting of many artistic events. jaques was one of the founders of the chicago society of etchers in 1910, serving as its secretary/treasurer for 27 years. during her 46-year career, she created 461 prints and more than 1,000 cyanotype photographs. although largely self-taught, jaques was an influential teacher and mentor, authoring a book, concerning etchings, in 1912. she was also 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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. \n condition: good condition, not 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the majestic flint hills in 2003 to the wind swept high plains of western kansas. bk mccallum is currently professor of art at garden city community college. mccallum\u2019s sculptural work has earned numerous accolades in juried shows for nearly three decades. his art and methods are featured in lark publications 500 figures in clay and pottery making illustrated. mccallum has an extensive show record including the artist self portrait invitational at the birger sandzen memorial gallery in lindsborg, ks and the shafer gallery in great bend, ks. proceeds from the auctioning of this lot will be donated to benefit the red barn studio museum. \n condition: good condition, one small chip on inside of foot \n dimensions: 11 x 4.5 x 4.5 in \n weight: 2.15 lb"},"estimateMax":100,"lotNumber":"124","title":{"en":"mccallum, brian, ceramic, green thumb 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We ask that you do not attempt to pick up your items until the Tuesday following the auction. Due to our limited staff, we also appreciate at least one day\u2019s notice before you arrive so we have time to locate your items and have them ready for pickup. <\/p> \n

For those requesting shipping, please be patient while we gather shipping and handling estimates. We only have one shipping and packaging company in our area, so it may take 5\u201310 business days. <\/p> \n


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