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kansas wesleyan university in salina, kansas, mcpherson college, southwestern college in winfield and bethany college in lindsborg, other teaching involved the arts infusion project of the salina arts and humanities, classes at the salina art center, and lindsborg arts council. other projects include several artists-in-action projects for the smoky hill river festival in salina.lee was a member of a team sponsored by rotary international to india in 1997.traveling in south india states of andhra pradesh and karnataka, and tamil nadu, she resided with families and studied the art, archeology of the region and compared cultural issues. \n condition: good condition, examined out of frame \n dimensions: 13.25 x 16.25 x 1 in \n weight: 2.4 lb"},"estimateMax":100,"lotNumber":"7","title":{"en":"becker, lee, 1993 linoleum cut/watercolor, 1,000,000 nights before 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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 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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 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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\u2019s studio is no longer a working studio or open to the public. \n condition: fair condition, chips in edges of plaque \n dimensions: 8 x 6.75 x 0.75 in \n weight: 1.2 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pencil signed in lower right, good condition, not examined out of frame, image size: 10 x 12 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 19, 1954. \n condition: good 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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 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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 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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 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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 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