Product Description: 152 pages of full-color artwork documenting the lives and rivalry of two of Nebraska's most well-known artists. When it comes to Regionalist and Social Realist art, two of the best artists representing these styles are Nebraska’s own Dale Nichols and Terence Duren. In the summer of 1945, Nichols had planned an exhibition of his work in his hometown of David City. He had recently become art editor of the Encyclopedia Britannica and also sold his painting, End of the Hunt, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Interestingly, just 20 miles down the road, the people of Shelby were celebrating their own nationally known artist Terence Duren, who recently had his painting, Picnic in the Park, accepted into the Portrait of America contest sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. With such great artistic talent converging on an ordinarily quiet, rural pocket of the Midwest, Time magazine took notice. That August, Time published a short, but provocative, article on the two artists, boldly titled “War in the Corn,” which added to the artistic rivalry building between the two men. Despite this rivalry, in retrospect, their lives are far more similar than one might think. Worthy Rivals: Dale Nichols and Terence Duren offers a glimpse into the lives of these two remarkable artists, showing the rich history of American Scene Painting forged on the rolling fields of Nebraska in the 20th century.
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