Nebraska Impressionist: Augustus W. Dunbier

Name: Nebraska Impressionist: Augustus W. Dunbier
Start: 2025-10-22T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-22T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Joslyn Castle & Gardens

Schedule

Wed Oct 22 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Joslyn Castle & Gardens | Omaha, NE

Free art history presentation by local historian, Jeffrey Spencer, on the life and work of Omaha artist, Augustus W. Dunbier
About this Event

Please be our guest for Art History with Jeffrey Spencer, a monthly lecture series discussing Nebraskan artists and Omaha's connections in the art world.

Where: Carriage House at Joslyn Castle & Gardens (3902 Davenport Street, Omaha, NE 68131)

When: Wednesday, October 22 from 6pm-7pm (doors open at 5:30pm)

What: A FREE all ages event.

About the speaker: Jeffrey Spencer has long been associated with numerous historical and community organizations in the greater Omaha area. A graduate of the University of Nebraska, he has lectured and written extensively on many aspects of local history. He has served as a Trustee of the Nebraska State Historical Society, President of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition Historical Association, Executive Director of the Historic General Dodge House Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa; Director of the Library/Archives Center of the Douglas County Historical Society and as Executive Director of Landmarks, Incorporated (an organization involved with neighborhood redevelopment and historic preservation in Omaha. Currently, he is associated with Preserve Omaha, a local historic preservation group and is a member of their Board of Directors.

About the Artist:

Dunbier’s career from 1915 to 1977 was one of the longest uninterrupted art careers of any Nebraska painter and he was an important teacher to his peers and the next generation of Nebraska artists. One can still see the influences of Augustus Dunbier in the work of many Nebraska painters today. He died on September 11, 1977 at age 89 in Omaha.

He made many trips to the Southwest both for archaeological work and for inspiration for his paintings. However, his beloved Nebraska was always his primary source of subject matter. In 1916, Gilder built a studio-home called “Wake Robin” in a wooded spot in Bellevue. He used this as a primary residence until his death and the house appears in many of Gilder’s paintings as well as those of his friend, Augustus Dunbier.