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Helen Martanie Snowden
Helen Martanie Snowden (1860–1925), also known as Janie, was a professional artist working in Omaha, Nebraska, in the 1890s and early twentieth century. She is known for her still life painting, including trompe-l'oeil trophy pictures.[1][2] She was a member of the Western Art Association during its heyday.[2] Early lifeHelen (also known as Martanie, Janie, and Tanie) was the daughter of two of Omaha's founders and one of seven children.[3] Her father, William Pleasant Snowden, was the first white male settler in Omaha, Nebraska.[4] He brought his wife and three children with him and built a log house.[5] After he had an accident to his hip, he lived with his daughter Helen.[5] CareerSnowden studied art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, before moving to the Art Institute of New York City.[2] In New York, she studied figure painting with Charles C. Curran and flower painting with Fred Finnette.[5] She became a member of the Western Art Association in Omaha in 1891. In addition to still life, Helen painted portraits, landscapes, and worked in oil and watercolors; she also painted china.[6] When Snowden returned to Omaha, she set up a studio in Paxton Block, but later moved her studio into her home.[5] She was an art instructor at Bellevue College, Nebraska, for eight years.[6] Works Snowden had paintings in many local and other exhibitions.[6] The Museum of Nebraska Art has two of her paintings, Pansies and Grapes.[7] The Wyoming State Museum has held one of Snowden's artworks, ia painting of a bouquet, in their collection since 1968. References
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