Myra M. Biggerstaff

(1905-1999) lived in Omaha and Auburn, Nemaha County. Artist, designer, educator, exhibited paintings from 1934 to 1992 at galleries in Sweden, Nebraska, Texas, and New York City, completed about 90 watercolors and oils, taught at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, received at least 9 awards for national exhibitions. Consult American Artist, April 1953, 44-45 and Encyclopedia of Living Artists in America, 5th ed (Guild Publishers, 1990) 108 and Manhattan Arts, January-February 1992, p. 9 and Who's Who in America, Vol 1 (1998) 357 and Auburn /NE/ Press-Tribune obituary, October 19, 1999, p. 3.

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