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Lenore Ethel Williams Benolken

Lenore Ethel Williams Benolken (1896 - 1943) was active/lived in Nebraska, New York, Saskatchewan / Canada.  Lenore Benolken is known for Modernist portrait and landscape painting, teaching, murals.

Lenore Ethel Williams Benolken
(1896 Birch Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada-1943 Omaha, Nebraska)

A painter and teacher, Lenore Benolken was a vital part in Omaha of its early 20th century fine art culture. She was the daughter of highly respected parents whose role in the community opened many doors for their only child. Lenore did portrait and landscape paintings, gave public lectures, taught in several schools, founded an art school of her own, volunteered art lessons to soldiers, and maintained a home where she and her husband each had a studio and extended much hospitality to their many art focused friends. 

Descriptions of her include beautiful, upbeat, full of humor and good will, and stylish with an affinity for dramatic, exotic attire. Nebraska artist Dale Nichols recalled his first time meeting her: “I immediately felt myself in the presence of one who possessed such an over-abundance of enthusiasm and energy that it was imperative to share it with others.   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12174 characters.]  Artist bio

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