ines the ways artists captured and shaped the modern ideas and practices made possible by the railroad, empha- sizing the broader cross- border movements and their global conse- quences.
Shown at left: Great American Perspective, a work by well-known artist and teacher Roy B. Ahlgren, who passed away February 4, 2011, shortly after the exhibit opened. His obituary in the
Erie (Pa.) Times-
News notes, “During the 1960s he worked as an artist-designer for the Louis Marx Toy Compa- ny in Erie.” It appears railroading was, in a way, in his blood.
ROY AHLGREN (AMERICAN, 1927–2011). GREAT AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE, 1973. SERIGRAPH; 18X17-7/8 IN. UNL–GIFT OF PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL & CO.
ganized by William Thomas, the John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities and Professor of History at UNL. It coin- cides with the publication of his book, The Iron Way: the Civil War, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America (Yale University Press), and runs through May 27, 2012. The exhibition features works from the Sheldon Museum of Art’s permanent collection — as well as a handful of local loans — and exam-
The Sheldon Museum of Art is located at 12th and R streets on the University of Nebraska-
Lincoln City Campus, and is open free dur- ing regular hours: Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Wednesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5:00 p.m.; closed on Monday. For more informa- tion, go to
www.sheldonartmuseum.org. To arrange a tour, call 402/472-2461. Grand Central Terminal: This exhibi-
tion, The Art of the Poster, on loan from the London Transport Museum, opened in Feb-
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