Ferner's Art

Here is the series of sketches found in the archives of the Special Collections at the University of Iowa library. For more details, please see the Ferner Nuhn page (the text for our wikipedia article)

William Rose Benet--poet and playwright
Charles Wakefield Cadman--composer
Carl Carmer--novelist, editor, and conservationist
Leo Fisher--sculptor
Felix Fox--composer
Frances Frost--poet, fiction writer (no relation to Robert Frost)
Robert Frost--poet
Horace Gregory--poet, critic, and editor
Albert Halper—novelist
Roy Harris—composer
Charles Hearst—Iowa farmer
Jeffrey Levy—painter
John Cowper Powys—novelist, poet, essayist
Evelyn Scott—poet, novelist
Ruth Suckow—novelist
John Brooks Wheelwright—poet, critic
Henry A. Wallace—agriculturist, author, statesman

Robert Frost, American poet (1874-1963)

Frances Frost, no relation to Robert Frost.

(1905- ) Poet, Fiction writer

John Cowper Powys (1872-1963)—novelist, poet, and essayist.

Nuhn writes that Powys liked to wear a black academic robe when lecturing, to make his gestures more dramatic.

Charles Hearst (1904- )--Iowa farmer and farm leader, as well as one of Ferner's friends.

John Brooks Wheelwright (19? to 1940) -- poet and critic

Jeffrey Levey (1908-) -- painter

Albert Halper (1904- ) -- novelist

Roy Harris (1898- ) -- composer

Horace Gregory (1898- ) -- poet, critic, and editor

Felix Fox and George Mitchell

Carl Carmer

Leo Fisher--sculptor

Charles Wakefield Cadman--composer.

William Rose Benet--poet and playwright

Evelyn Scott—poet and novelist.

Henry Wallace

Here is Ferner's whimsical portrait of Ruth, complete with one of the white cats they both loved. This was used for one of the annual newsletters in the 1990s.

Please refer to the attached file below for a sense of the booklet: I was able to make a series of scans at the Special Collections in order to capture Ferner's comments on the group of people he selected for these pictures.

Thank you to the Special Collections Staff, the University of Iowa!

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Ferner's Art

Here is the series of sketches found in the archives of the Special Collections at the University of Iowa library. For more details, please see the Ferner Nuhn page (the text for our wikipedia article)

William Rose Benet--poet and playwright

Charles Wakefield Cadman--composer

Carl Carmer--novelist, editor, and conservationist

Leo Fisher--sculptor

Felix Fox--composer

Frances Frost--poet, fiction writer (no relation to Robert Frost)

Robert Frost--poet

Horace Gregory--poet, critic, and editor

Albert Halper—novelist

Roy Harris—composer

Charles Hearst—Iowa farmer

Jeffrey Levy—painter

John Cowper Powys—novelist, poet, essayist

Evelyn Scott—poet, novelist

Ruth Suckow—novelist

John Brooks Wheelwright—poet, critic

Henry A. Wallace—agriculturist, author, statesman

Robert Frost, American poet (1874-1963)

Frances Frost, no relation to Robert Frost.

(1905- ) Poet, Fiction writer

John Cowper Powys (1872-1963)—novelist, poet, and essayist.

Nuhn writes that Powys liked to wear a black academic robe when lecturing, to make his gestures more dramatic.

Charles Hearst (1904- )--Iowa farmer and farm leader, as well as one of Ferner's friends.

John Brooks Wheelwright (19? to 1940) -- poet and critic

Jeffrey Levey (1908-) -- painter

Albert Halper (1904- ) -- novelist

Roy Harris (1898- ) -- composer

Horace Gregory (1898- ) -- poet, critic, and editor

Felix Fox and George Mitchell

Carl Carmer

Leo Fisher--sculptor

Charles Wakefield Cadman--composer.

William Rose Benet--poet and playwright

Evelyn Scott—poet and novelist.

Henry Wallace

Here is Ferner's whimsical portrait of Ruth, complete with one of the white cats they both loved. This was used for one of the annual newsletters in the 1990s.

Please refer to the attached file below for a sense of the booklet: I was able to make a series of scans at the Special Collections in order to capture Ferner's comments on the group of people he selected for these pictures.