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painter and etcher. his caricatures of prominent people caused alexander woolcott, who wrote that, \"the true gift of caricature is rare\", to rank auerbach-levy among the few finest exponents of the art.his caricatures of famous people, including charles w. hawthorne, franklin p. adams, hayward broun, h.l. mencken, ring lardner and will rogers, appeared during auerbach-levy's lifetime in illustrations from \"the new yorker \"profiles\", \"the new york post, \" \"the brooklyn eagle, \" \"colliers magazine, \" \"esquire magazine, \" \"the christian herald\" and many other preeminent publications of his time.other notable caricatures by auerbach-levy include babe ruth, the shuberts, comedian mort sahl, lngrid bergman and frank sinatra, a book of his caricatures, \"is that me?\", was published by watson and guptill in 1948.concurrent with his caricature work, auerbach-levy continued in his studio work, producing many paintings and etchings, and was awarded a number of prizes in those 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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 honeymooned in colorado. their daughter rosemary was born in 1933.anton and grace built their home in lindsborg in 1929. anton collected many interesting things during his travels: rocks, antiques, discarded building materials. anton enjoyed finding treasures and repurposing them for his home and studio. anton would later build a garage in the rear that eventually became his woodcarving studio.anton served his adopted country in wwi. he was stationed at camp cody, nm. he worked for the aircraft industry in wichita, ks during wwii. after the war, he continued to carve and amassed quite a collection of wonderful carvings. he opened his studio to tourists and visiting school groups. he went to schools and spoke about carving and the arts.in his studio, anton indulged in his childhood passion: woodcarving. he continued to paint as well, but the majority of his time was spent carving.anton's pioneer figures were mostly carved from redwood, catalpa, mahogany, cottonwood and even limestone. 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 pearsonâ\u20ac™s studio is no longer a working studio or open to the public. \n 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pearson (1892-1967) woodcarving, old man bust, signed on bottom, good condition, size: 8.5 x 4.5 x 4.25 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 dã¶derhultarn. 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 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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 scandanavian 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 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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 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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 â\u20acœgot bit\u201d by the clay bug, as his sister joy davis described in 2016. kahmeyer earned both his bachelorâ\u20ac™s 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 kahmeyerâ\u20ac™s 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 englandâ\u20ac™s bernard leach (1887-1979) and japanâ\u20ac™s shoji hamada (1894- 1978), continued to inform his work in functional pottery throughout his 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pearson (1892-1967) plaster, old couple, signed on bottom of old woman, good condition, no chips in plaster, size: old woman: 7.75 x 2.75 x 2.75 inches, old man: 7.75 x 2.75 x 3 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 dã¶derhultarn. 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 honeymooned in colorado. their daughter rosemary was born in 1933.anton and grace built their home in lindsborg in 1929. anton collected many interesting things during his travels: rocks, antiques, discarded building materials. anton enjoyed finding treasures and repurposing them for his home and studio. anton would later build a garage in the rear that eventually became his woodcarving studio.anton served his adopted country in wwi. he was stationed at camp cody, nm. he worked for the aircraft industry in wichita, ks during wwii. after the war, he continued to carve and amassed quite a collection of wonderful carvings. he opened his studio to tourists and visiting school groups. he went to schools and spoke about carving and the arts.in his studio, anton indulged in his childhood passion: woodcarving. he continued to paint as well, but the majority of his time was spent carving.anton's pioneer figures were mostly carved from redwood, catalpa, mahogany, cottonwood and even limestone. 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 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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 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works progress administration, 1940-1941. graphic artist, margaret whittemore was born into a family of washburn college teachers on september 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, 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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 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