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Author
Publisher
Newton Fine Arts Association
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A self-taught artist, Blackbear Boskin (1921-1980) immortalized the spirit of a bygone era in his art. He rose to national prominence after his award-winning painting Prairie Fire was published in National Geographic magazine in 1955. His works were exhibited at museums across the country, including the National Gallery and Smithsonian Institution, and in 1965 he was the only American Indian invited to the White House Festival of Arts. His sculpture...
Author
Publisher
Globe Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Anybody who has read even one of the hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles about Kansas native Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton knows that she cured her own decades-long depression with blind contour drawing. Tantalizing tidbits of her life and struggles have been told on television shows, public radio, and art galleries across the nation since her first (and only) art class in 1977. However, since it is not possible for a short set of words to explain...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The small Kansas county of McPherson experienced such a renaissance of art and culture in the early decades of the 20th century that the prestigious International Studio magazine proclaimed the per-capita art ownership there to be higher than anywhere in the world. The man behind the movement was Carl J. Smalley, the son of a seed store owner, whose passion for original art was fueled by a visit to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
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