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garment sweatshop with his mother and siblings. several years later, he enrolled in art classes at the socially progressive ferrer school where he received instruction from noted ashcan artists robert henri and george bellows. gropper later recalled the influence of these men saying, \"right then, i began to realize that you don't paint with color?you paint with conviction, freedom, love and heartaches, with what you have.\"following his time at the ferrer school, gropper continued his education at the chase school, later known as parson's school of design. after graduation, gropper briefly illustrated for the new york tribune, during which time he began contributing to socialist publications, such as the new masses, labor defender and the nation. in 1924, he began a long career as a regular cartoonist for the freiheit, a left-wing yiddish daily newspaper.as his career progressed in the 1930s, gropper turned his attention more towards painting. in addition to the early influence of 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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 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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 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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 \n dimensions: 16.75 x 20.75 x 1 in \n weight: 3.75 lb"},"estimateMax":750,"lotNumber":"52","title":{"en":"sandzen, birger (1871-1954) \"the little island\" 1924 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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 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ray (1930-2007) brown vase, stoneware, kahmeyer stamp on bottom, good condition, no chips or cracks, size: 8.25 x 4 x 4 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 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anton (1892-1967) old man with fedora, woodcarving, signed on bottom, good condtion, size: 12 x 5 x 4 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 d?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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anton (1892-1967) old woman, woodcarving, signed on bottom, fair, nose broken off, size: 12 x 4.5 x 4 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 d?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 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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 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maria & julian (1887-1980 & 1874-1943) small bowl, black pottery, good condition, no cracks, small scratches and abrasions at the lip, size: 3.5 x 5 x 5 inches. maria martinez is undoubtedly one of the best-known and most influential native potters of the 1900s. she became famous for her creative pottery and traveling to museums, world fairs, and other events throughout her lifetime.maria learned to make pottery from her aunt nicolasa montoya. around 1919-1920, maria and her husband, julian martinez, created the \u201cblack-on-black? style of pottery. this unique process allowed matte designs to be painted on a stone-polished surface, a stone-polished piece fired black. at the time, this unique and distinctive style of pottery quickly became a success, and by 1922 was made by nearly every potter at san ildefonso pueblo. it helped to change the economy of pueblo as pottery became a successful career.maria worked with julian until he died in 1943. she then worked with her daughter-in-law santana, who married her eldest son, adam. again, she would make the pottery, and santana would paint the designs. in the 1950s, maria made plain pieces and signed with her tewa name, \u201cpove-ka, ? which means \u201cwater lilly.?in 1956, maria started working with her son, popovi da. maria made the pottery, and popovi painted the designs. these are often considered among the best of her career after her early work with julian. popovi da worked to revive polychrome pottery, created the sienna (double-fired) coloration, and made redware vessels. maria also made a few pieces with her grandson, tony da, whom she taught to make pottery. tony was one of the first male potters at san ildefonso and had an exceptional career in ceramics and paintings. he was the subject of a book, \u201cthe art and life of tony da? by charles s. king and richard spivey.maria martinez was the subject of several books during her career. alice marriot wrote the book \u201cmaria: the potter of san ildefonso? in 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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 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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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bethany college. she studied under birger sandzen (1871- 1954) until 1933, when she graduated. she also later studied at the university of colorado at boulder, university of washington and the chicago art institute.with her sister elvira, she traveled across the united states, canada and europe presenting chalk lectures, called chalk talks, in churches. her paintings and prints were awarded prizes in regional and national exhibitions. her favorite painting medium was watercolor. several of her watercolors were reproduced in ford times magazine.a mural by larson hangs in st. paul lutheran church in clay center, kansas. in lindsborg, her village spire studio and the home of her and her sister were the centers of her life. watercolors and prints by signe have found their way into homes across america.in 1984, having moved to a care home in cordova, nebraska, she was named \"alumni artist of the year\" by bethany college. she was the featured artist for hyllningsfest in 1993. her painting 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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 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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 marymount college in 1967, and studied in the summers 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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 and charles rogers. bergen graduated from bethany in 1953 with a bfa in 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graduated. she also later studied at the university of colorado at boulder, university of washington and the chicago art institute.with her sister elvira, she traveled across the united states, canada and europe presenting chalk lectures, called chalk talks, in churches. her paintings and prints were awarded prizes in regional and national exhibitions. her favorite painting medium was watercolor. several of her watercolors were reproduced in ford times magazine.a mural by larson hangs in st. paul lutheran church in clay center, kansas. in lindsborg, her village spire studio and the home of her and her sister were the centers of her life. watercolors and prints by signe have found their way into homes across america.in 1984, having moved to a care home in cordova, nebraska, she was named \"alumni artist of the year\" by bethany college. she was the featured artist for hyllningsfest in 1993. her painting of four women at a swedish smorgasbord served as the program cover for the festival. 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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 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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 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regime. his father, a hebrew teacher and writer, encouraged artistic and intellectual pursuits. his popularity with his students in russia and his liberal ideas led to problems for him with the authorities, and he was forced to leave with his family.soyer left school at sixteen to help support the family. he attended free classes at cooper union* and at the national academy of design*. guy pene du bois, a teacher at the art students league*, recognized his talent and introduced him to charles daniel, who gave him his first solo exhibition in 1929. the success of this event secured his position as a professional artist.the experience of immigrant life in the united states provided him with a rich source of imagery for his art, which was sensitive, penetrating portrayals including transients, shoppers, dancers, and fellow artists. near his studio in manhattan's lower east side he observed his fellow new yorkers.his subjects were portrayed with strong, flat colors, which evoked a sense of 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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 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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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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 ?got bit? by the clay bug, as his sister joy davis described in 2016. kahmeyer earned both his bachelor?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 kahmeyer?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 england?s bernard leach (1887-1979) and japan?s 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 ? 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 to view and purchase work, 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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 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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 \n dimensions: 17 x 18 x 1 in \n weight: 4 lb"},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"129","title":{"en":"hall, norma bassett (1889-1957) \"hyde park rode\" serigraph"},"url":"https://us.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/raymersociety/source/catalog/auction/44136/lot/19676/view","tags":["usart_printsandmultiples","usart","usart_all"],"directSalePrice":100,"fullPriceVat":true,"soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-08-11T16:13:29.512Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"$500 - 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kansas city art institute night school while working as a secretary. lived in wichita, kansas before moving to lindsborg, kansas. she earned a reputation for her watercolors, oils and acrylics of rural landscapes, animals and architecture in the midwest. forsberg has completed major liturgical commissions, as well as paintings and designs that celebrate her swedish heritage. member: artists' guild of wichita; kansas watercolor society; kansas academy of oil painters. exhibitions: wichita art assoc.; kansas watercolor society; sandz?n memorial art gallery, 1997. \n condition: good, no glass in frame \n dimensions: 14.5 x 18.5 x 1.25 in \n weight: 1.6 lb"},"estimateMax":100,"lotNumber":"131","title":{"en":"forsberg, maleta, \"changing season\" 1993 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complimented oscar for his ability to capture the feeling of blowing snow and for his many scenes of the farms and barns of the valley. they were friends and shared the art tradition of lindsborg.oscar was an active painter until his sudden death in december, 1962. today his paintings and sculptures are in many homes in the valley. his wintry scenes in oils depict more than the winter landscape of kansas as they vibrate with the cold north wind and the bitter cold endured by many who call the smoky valley home. \n condition: good \n dimensions: 15.5 x 19.5 x 1 in \n weight: 2.8 lb"},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"132","title":{"en":"gunnerson, oscar (1884-1962) untitled winter with creek, oil on canvas 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anton (1892-1967) untitled troll, woodcarving, signed on bottom, good condition size: 19.5 x 6.75 x 3.75 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 d?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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ray (1930-2007) speckled pot, stoneware, kahmeyer stamp on bottom, good condition, no chips or cracks, size: 7.25 x 8.75 x 8.25 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 ?got bit? by the clay bug, as his sister joy davis described in 2016. kahmeyer earned both his bachelor?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 kahmeyer?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 england?s bernard leach (1887-1979) and japan?s shoji hamada (1894- 1978), continued to inform his work in functional pottery throughout 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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 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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 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 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