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Staging Kansas: Works from the Collection

Staging Kansas: Works from the Collection

Charles C. Eldredge, curator
students, curator

North Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This selection examines the various ways in which artists of several generations have responded to the elaborate spectacle that is Kansas, the landscape and its people. Works by 29 artists are included.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Marie Levering Benson (1877–1958), vase — vase

Marie Levering Benson

circa 1909–1914

Marie Levering Benson (1877–1958), vase — vase

Marie Levering Benson

circa 1910

Marie Levering Benson (1877–1958), vase — vase

Marie Levering Benson

circa 1910

Streeter Blair (1888–1966), Threshing in Kansas 1900 — Threshing in Kansas 1900

Streeter Blair

1954

Albert Bloch (1882–1961), Still Life in a Landscape — Still Life in a Landscape

Albert Bloch

1954

Ruth Harris Bohan (1891–1981), The Politician — The Politician

Ruth Harris Bohan

1900s

Dora Bryant (circa 1883–1964), vase — vase

Dora Bryant

circa 1915

Thomas Coleman (1935–1971), Convention in Wichita — Convention in Wichita

Thomas Coleman

circa 1960s

William Phelps Cunningham (1903–1980), Tri-County Fair — Tri-County Fair

William Phelps Cunningham

mid 1900s

William Phelps Cunningham (1903–1980), Willows — Willows

William Phelps Cunningham

mid 1900s

John Steuart Curry (1897–1946), Design for Stage Set — Design for Stage Set

John Steuart Curry

1941–1942

John Steuart Curry (1897–1946), Storm Cloud — Storm Cloud

John Steuart Curry

1941–1942

John Steuart Curry (1897–1946); Associated American Artists (active 1934–2000), John Brown — John Brown

John Steuart Curry, Associated American Artists

1939

John Steuart Curry (1897–1946); Associated American Artists (active 1934–2000), Our Good Earth — Our Good Earth

John Steuart Curry, Associated American Artists

1942

Ernest Hubert Deines (1894–1967), Mother's Horseshoe Geranium — Mother's Horseshoe Geranium

Ernest Hubert Deines

1942

Ernest Hubert Deines (1894–1967), Joy on the Kaw Valley Loam — Joy on the Kaw Valley Loam

Ernest Hubert Deines

1946

George de Mare (1863–1907), Portrait of Mlle. Eugenie H. Galloo — Portrait of Mlle. Eugenie H. Galloo

George de Mare

1904

Terry Evans (born 1944), Between Kearney and Salina, June 13, 1990 — Between Kearney and Salina, June 13, 1990

Terry Evans

1990

John Philip Falter (1910–1982), Newsboy — Newsboy

John Philip Falter

1951

Bernard Emerson Frazier (1906–1976), Rebekah (Soft Wind) — Rebekah (Soft Wind)

Bernard Emerson Frazier

1936

Arthur William Hall (1889–1981), Field Hand — Field Hand

Arthur William Hall

1937

Arthur William Hall (1889–1981), Kansas Farm in Winter — Kansas Farm in Winter

Arthur William Hall

1900s

Clara Anna Hatton (1901–1991), Barn and Yucca — Barn and Yucca

Clara Anna Hatton

1935

Mary Huntoon (1896–1970), 8th Street, Kansas City, MO — 8th Street, Kansas City, MO

Mary Huntoon

1929

Rosemary Ketcham (1882–1940), Woods near the Kaw — Woods near the Kaw

Rosemary Ketcham

1900s

Thomas Klaverkamp (1942–1986), Woman with Mirror — Woman with Mirror

Thomas Klaverkamp

mid-late 1900s

Ward Lockwood (1894–1963), preliminary sketch for Wichita, Kansas Post Office — preliminary sketch for Wichita, Kansas Post Office

Ward Lockwood

early 1900s

Herschel Logan (1901–1987), Dust Storm — Dust Storm

Herschel Logan

1938

Ethel Magafan (1916–1993), Lawrence Massacre, Mural design for Fort Scott Kansas — Lawrence Massacre, Mural design for Fort Scott Kansas

Ethel Magafan

1937

Ethel Magafan (1916–1993), Lawrence Massacre, Mural design for the Fort Scott Post Office — Lawrence Massacre, Mural design for the Fort Scott Post Office

Ethel Magafan

1937

F. O. Marvin (1852–1915), The Kaw at Lawrence — The Kaw at Lawrence

F. O. Marvin

1889

F. O. Marvin (1852–1915), Santa Fe Freight Depot near Lawrence — Santa Fe Freight Depot near Lawrence

F. O. Marvin

1889

Karl Mattern (1892–1969), U.S. 40 — U.S. 40

Karl Mattern

1931

Jon Blumb (born 1956); Joseph Judd Pennell (1866–1922), Washington Street — Washington Street

Jon Blumb, Joseph Judd Pennell

1921

Charles B. Rogers (1911–1987), Twilight on the Plains — Twilight on the Plains

Charles B. Rogers

1933–1934

Charles B. Rogers (1911–1987), Last of the Stoics — Last of the Stoics

Charles B. Rogers

mid-late 1900s

Birger Sandzén (1871–1954), Wild Horse Creek — Wild Horse Creek

Birger Sandzén

1948

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Grass/Winter Wheat Near Greensburg, KS — Grass/Winter Wheat Near Greensburg, KS

Larry Schwarm

1988

Paul Teeter (active 1920s), vase — vase

Paul Teeter

1906–1910

Margaret Evelyn Whittemore (1897–1983), Bridge over Wakarusa River — Bridge over Wakarusa River

Margaret Evelyn Whittemore

1930s