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from the issue of July 15, 2004
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Great Plains Art Collection receives paintings by Falter
The Great Plains Art Collection at UNL is the new owner of three paintings by Nebraska native John Phillip Falter that depict possible scenes on the Great Plains during the western migration of settlers. Assurity Life Insurance Co. of Lincoln recently donated the paintings with a value of $75,000 to the University of Nebraska Foundation.
"They're wonderful pieces with a rich heritage, and we're very proud to have the opportunity to study them and to share them with the public," said Curator Reece Summers about the two oil paintings and one tempera painting. "They also nicely complement our other two Falter paintings of smaller oil and watercolor works."
The paintings, titled "Campfire," "Cutting a Circle to Size" and "Sioux Lookout," were commissioned in the 1970s by Assurity (formerly Woodmen Accident and Life Co.) for display in its office building.
The paintings break away from Falter's traditional style, Summers said.
"Normally, Falter tends toward the illustrator, but when you look at his choice of colors and the abstract you can see the two sides of Falter: Falter the fine artist and Falter the illustrator," he said.
Falter, who was born in Plattsmouth in 1910 and grew up in Falls City, was called "America's most gifted illustrator" by Norman Rockwell. Falter is best remembered for his cover illustrations that appeared on the Saturday Evening Post and is credited with being second only to Rockwell in the number of images he provided to the Post. He died in 1982.
The Great Plains Art Collection, in Hewit Place at 1155 Q St., will exhibit its Falter collection Nov. 23 through Dec. 31. For information, call 472-6220 or visit www.unl.edu/plains.
On display
The Great Plains Art Collection's paintings by John Phillip Falter will be on display Nov. 23 through Dec. 31.
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