Events

REHANGING OF THE KINGMAN/NY TIMES MURAL AT THE NEW OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY

A noteworthy mural which Eugene Kingman painted in 1948, was displayed in the New York Times lobby for a number of years. In 2015, this mural was donated and shipped to the Joslyn Castle Trust in Omaha, Nebraska for restoration. On June 16, 2016 the public was invited to an unveiling celebration of the mural at the Omaha’s old downtown Public Library. The old library was demolished in 2019, and a more modern facility was constructed on 72nd Street. On April 15th, 2026, the Kingman/NY Times mural was unveiled at the new Public Library. The following picture shows the mural on display in the Library’s Technology Room.

An article in the Omaha World Herald describes the unveiling ceremony for the newly-hung mural. The following picture shows Eugene Kingman’s grandson, Quinlan Kingman Eddy and Kingman’s daughter, Mixie Kingman Eddy (pictured in the middle), with members of “the “Women of the Mural” Committee: Amy Trenolone, Amy Richardson, Maureen Waldron, Julie Cobb, and Lyn Ziegenbein, who did an amazing job with organizing, raising funds, and making this Kingman/New York Times mural event possible at Omaha’s Public Library. We all are immensely grateful to each of them.

 

 

 

 

EUGENE KINGMAN: HIS WORLD IN PRINTS AND DRAWINGS

A show at the Roberta & Bob Rogers Gallery, 1806 Vinton Street, Omaha, NE. November 14th, 2025 to January 2, 2026. The show included prints, lithographs and etchings, and drawings using graphite, ink and black lithography crayon. Kingman was an excellent draftsman and a very good lithographer and etcher, so the prints and drawings in this show were outstanding. The show included printmaking demonstrations where attendees could make prints from Kingman’s original lithographic stones.

 

 

 

 

 

EUGENE KINGMAN ROOM AND GALLERY

The Kingman Room and Gallery will include a replica of Eugene Kingman’s studio with his easel, paints, ephemera and information panels on permanent display. The gallery will showcase Kingman’s paintings and graphic works, with seasonal rotations. Over 10,000 persons annually are expected to visit this new attraction at the Joslyn Castle, opening in the summer of 2025.

 

 

 

EUGENE KINGMAN RETROSPECTIVE + ART SALE

A video presentation about Eugene Kingman is being shown as part of this retrospective.

See this portfolio for a brief biography of EugeneKingman and a listing of Kingman paintings currently available for purchase.

To learn more about the Eugene Kingman Joslyn Castle exhibition and sales of his paintings and lithographs, contact <info@eugenekingman.com>.

 

 

 

A NIGHT WITH EUGENE KINGMAN at the JOSLYN CASTLE in OMAHA, NEBRASKA
April 26, 2023 and June 11, 2024

Joslyn Castle & Gardens invites to you celebrate the life and works of one of Omaha’s most fascinating creative characters: Eugene Kingman.

Kingman is most well-known locally as the longest serving Director of the Joslyn Art Museum and as the creator of the New York Times mural that formerly hung in the W. Dale Clark Main Library. Our “A Night with Eugene Kingman” will take a closer look his life, from his tenure as a mural/lithography instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design, to his New Deal-era post office murals and National Parks Service 1931 Paris Expo Commission, to his time as a high-level wartime cartographer for the pre-cursor to the CIA.

Attendees will get a rare opportunity to view original Eugene Kingman artworks on loan for the evening from private collections. Maureen Waldron, historian and chairwoman of the NYT Mural Steering Committee, will deliver a presentation that celebrates his life and contributions. Our evening will be emceed by author and historian John Dechant of Legacy Preservation, who is currently researching a book about the artist.

Joslyn Castle & Gardens are proud stewards of the NYT mural, which is currently in storage at the Joslyn Art Museum while a new home is located where it can be permanently displayed.

PROGRAM

5:30 PM – 6 PM: GALLERY VIEWING AND RECEPTION

6 PM: WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
John Dechant

PRESENTATION
Maureen McCann Waldron

CLOSING REMARKS
John Dechant and Mixie Kingman Eddy

For more information on this event, view the program or photos from the evening of April 26. Quinlan Kingman Eddy’s video of the event is also available.

 

 

PLEIN AIR ARTISTS at GALLERY 1516 in OMAHA, NEBRASKA
August 24 – October 13, 2019

Gallery 1516 in Omaha hosted a beautiful exhibit featuring the work of three twentieth century Nebraska plein air artists: Eugene Kingman, Augustus Dunbier and Robert Gilder. Special thanks to Patrick Drickey (Director of Gallery 1516) and his helpful team, Sara Bihlmaier and Suzi Eberly, for inviting the Kingman/Eddy family to submit 32 Kingman paintings to be displayed for sale during this exhibition. For more information on this exhibit, see ‘Plein air’ painters captured Nebraska landscapes in the August 22, 2019 Omaha World-Herald, and view some photos of the Opening Reception of this exhibition.

 

 

UNVEILING of the EUGENE KINGMAN / NEW YORK TIMES MURAL
June 16, 2016

W. Dale Clark Library
215 S. 15th Street
Omaha, Nebraska
Unveiling Ceremony – Press Release

For more background information, read Joslyn Castle’s Brochure, and a delightful New York Times article, written by David Dunlap right during the mural event. Also, a front page article in the Omaha World Herald describes this mural, and an earlier Herald article announced the painting’s original installation. Additional photos of this mural and all the folks involved with its restoration are available here.

Facebook – Kingman/New York Times Mural in Omaha

Contact email: KingmanMural@gmail.com, or mkeddy@eugenekingman.com

The Kingman/New York Times Mural was dedicated at the Dale Clark Public Library in Omaha during a presentation by Maureen McCann Waldron. The Kingman daughters (Elizabeth Anne Kingman and Mixie Kingman Eddy), grandson, Quinlan Kingman Eddy, and nephew, Lou Kingman, were present.

 

 

CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL
CENTURY of DESIGN In The NATIONAL PARKS SYMPOSIUM in SANTA FE, NM
June 21, 2016 

Eugene Kingman’s seven National Park paintings for the 1931 Paris Expo were displayed in a poster presentation during this special Symposium on June 20-25, 2016 in Santa Fe.  This poster, designed by Eugene Kingman’s eldest daughter, Mixie Kingman Eddy, features paintings of  popular national parks: (Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Grand Canyon, Sequoia, Mt. Rainier, Crater Lake, and Yosemite).

Back in 1931 HORACE M. ALBRIGHT, the Director of the National Park Service, commissioned Eugene Kingman to paint large oil paintings of seven popular national parks, which were sent to Paris to be displayed during the 1931 Paris Expo. Albright wanted to attract Europeans to visit and experience first-hand America’s treasured natural wonders. The idea was to lift everyone’s spirits during the pre-“New Deal” era following the Great Depression.

For more information about this National Park Service Symposium and to view Kingman’s seven paintings, click on these links below:

Overview of All Symposium Poster Presentations

Symposium Poster Abstract Featuring Eugene’s National Parks Paintings