PLEIN AIR ARTISTS at GALLERY 1516 in OMAHA, NEBRASKA
August 24 – October 13, 2019
Gallery 1516 in Omaha hosted a beautiful exhibit featuring the work of three twentieth century Nebraska plein air artists: Eugene Kingman, Augustus Dunbier and Robert Gilder. Special thanks to Patrick Drickey (Director of Gallery 1516) and his helpful team, Sara Bihlmaier and Suzi Eberly, for inviting the Kingman/Eddy family to submit 32 Kingman paintings to be displayed for sale during this exhibition. For more information on this exhibit, see ‘Plein air’ painters captured Nebraska landscapes in the August 22, 2019 Omaha World-Herald, and view some photos of the Opening Reception of this exhibition.
UNVEILING of the EUGENE KINGMAN / NEW YORK TIMES MURAL
June 16, 2016
W. Dale Clark Library
215 S. 15th Street
Omaha, Nebraska
Unveiling Ceremony – Press Release
For more background information, read Joslyn Castle’s Brochure, and a delightful New York Times article, written by David Dunlap right during the mural event. Also, a front page article in the Omaha World Herald describes this mural, and an earlier Herald article announced the painting’s original installation. Additional photos of this mural and all the folks involved with its restoration are available here.
Facebook – Kingman/New York Times Mural in Omaha
Contact email: KingmanMural@gmail.com, or mkeddy@eugenekingman.com
The Kingman/New York Times Mural was dedicated at the Dale Clark Public Library in Omaha during a presentation by Maureen McCann Waldron. The Kingman daughters (Elizabeth Anne Kingman and Mixie Kingman Eddy), grandson, Quinlan Kingman Eddy, and nephew, Lou Kingman, were present.
CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL
CENTURY of DESIGN In The NATIONAL PARKS SYMPOSIUM in SANTA FE, NM
June 21, 2016
Eugene Kingman’s seven National Park paintings for the 1931 Paris Expo were displayed in a poster presentation during this special Symposium on June 20-25, 2016 in Santa Fe. This poster, designed by Eugene Kingman’s eldest daughter, Mixie Kingman Eddy, features paintings of popular national parks: (Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Grand Canyon, Sequoia, Mt. Rainier, Crater Lake, and Yosemite).
Back in 1931 HORACE M. ALBRIGHT, the Director of the National Park Service, commissioned Eugene Kingman to paint large oil paintings of seven popular national parks, which were sent to Paris to be displayed during the 1931 Paris Expo. Albright wanted to attract Europeans to visit and experience first-hand America’s treasured natural wonders. The idea was to lift everyone’s spirits during the pre-“New Deal” era following the Great Depression.
For more information about this National Park Service Symposium and to view Kingman’s seven paintings, click on these links below:
Overview of All Symposium Poster Presentations
Symposium Poster Abstract Featuring Eugene’s National Parks Paintings
