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1. A Manual For the Observance of Special Days in Missouri Schools A Manual For the Observance of Special Days in Missouri Schools 1926? Under a section in the book entitled Biographical, there is a listing for George Caleb Bingham which includes a brief list of his well known pictures and portraits.
2. Aaron Douglas Aaron Douglas Aaron Douglas taught art at Lincoln High School, Kansas City, Missouri, 1923-1925. Painted murals in Fisk University Library, Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1938.
3. American Drawings and Watercolors from the Kansas City Region American Drawings and Watercolors from the Kansas City Region 1992 Photo (of one of his paintings) and biographical sketch of Frederic James (1915-1985), a watercolor painter and native of Kansas City "teaching at the Art Institute" and winning awards "for 'Argentine...
4. American Portraits American Portraits 1946 Illustration and biographical sketch of artist Thomas Hart Benton.
5. An Artist in America An Artist in America 1937 Autobiographical book about the life of Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton, spending most of his productive years in Kansas City, with several illustrations.
6. Art: The Mechanics of Art Art: The Mechanics of Art February//1995 Photos and biogrpahical article about James Schultz, a painter in Kansas City and automobile mechanic in Bonner Springs, Kansas since the late 1960s.
7. Artists of the Tundra and the Sea Artists of the Tundra and the Sea 1961 Explanation of the origin of the "billiken," a common image used by carvers in Alaska resembling a caricature of an Eskimo, patented and "invented by Florence Pretz, an art teacher of Kansas City, Missouri,...
8. Bingham Independence Studio Bingham Independence Studio June 1, 1905 Description of the George Caleb Bingham studio in Independence, at 313 West Pacific Street where he painted his famous Order No. 11 painting. The work of the artist himself was "to keep before the minds...
9. Biography of Thomas Hart Benton Biography of Thomas Hart Benton May 5, 1905 Photo and bio of artist Thomas Hart Benton, giving background information on how he got into painting.
10. Bonnie Tolson Bonnie Tolson 2002 This book contains one page personal accounts of the lives of numerous women from the Kansas City metro area, as well as their photograph. Includes artist and poet Bonnie Tolson.
11. Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways, Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78 Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways, Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78 //1978 Book about the project by artist Christo of "wrapping" the sidewalks of Loose Park with fabric as an aesthetic device.
12. City of Art, Kansas City's Public Art City of Art, Kansas City's Public Art 2001 Tom Corbin "may be the most prolific artist in Kansas City." His works include the Firefighters Memorial Fountain, the Children's Fountain in the Northland, Kauffman Memorial Gardens, the figures of the...
13. City of Art, Kansas City's Public Art City of Art, Kansas City's Public Art 2001 Elden Tefft is an artist who casts in bronze, developing techniques recognized by other artists. He lives in Lawrence where you can find some of his works on the Kansas University campus. Includes photographs...
14. Crossroads of America: The Story of Kansas City Crossroads of America: The Story of Kansas City 1948 Chapter of the book about Thomas Hart Benton, "a grandnephew of the Senator" by the same name, describing the artist's life starting with childhood in Neosho, Missouri.
15. Dictionary of Missouri Biography Dictionary of Missouri Biography 1999 Short biography of Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) written by Kenneth H. Winn. Includes citations.
16. Early Lithographs of Kansas City Early Lithographs of Kansas City June 6, 1905 Numbers 2002-2009 on pages 371 and 372 in Views and Viewmakers of Urban America: Lithographs of Towns and Cities in the United States and Canada, Notes on the Artists and Publishers, and A Union Catalog...
17. Encyclopedia of Missouri--A Volume of Encyclopedia of the United States Encyclopedia of Missouri--A Volume of Encyclopedia of the United States //1985 Biography of Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), the artist, "well-known for his surreal, cartoon-like paintings of Americana." Born in Neosho, Missouri and becoming an art student in Paris until 1912, art...
18. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference 1901 Biographical sketch of Carl Wimar (1828-1862), "eminent as a painter." Native of Germany emigrating to Saint Louis in 1842 and traveling to the Rocky Mountains every year until 1860, "best known by his...
19. Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference 1901 Photo and biographical sketch of C. Josephine Wigginton Barton, or C. Josephine Barton, "metaphysical writer and artist," also the mother of Ralph Waldo Emerson Barton, describing her work in teaching...
20. First and Second Annual Reports of the Geological Survey of Missouri First and Second Annual Reports of the Geological Survey of Missouri //1855 Numerous illustrations in the book by R. B. Price (artist on the Geological Survey of Missouri in 1855) depicting geological features or layers of rock and soil in Missouri, including the Missouri River...