Bruce Moore (1905 - 1980)  While Bruce Moore was growing up in Wichita, Kansas, several prominent artists recognized his talent and helped him to develop his skills. When he was seventeen, he was accepted to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to study sculpture. He studied in France for two years, and spent two more in Rome. Moore’s work belongs to the art deco style of the 1920s, which influenced architecture, illustration, sculpture, and crafts. The artist created several crystal designs that were manufactured by Steuben Glass, including cups and vases for Queen Elizabeth II and President Eisenhower. He is best known for his sculpture General Billy Mitchell, which can be seen at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum.

Fried Pál was an American-Hungarian artist best known for his oil paintings of eroticized female dancers and nudes. Greatly influenced by the French Impressionists Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas, the artist’s early paintings depict Parisian streets and maritime landscapes. Born on June 16, 1893 in Budapest, Hungary, he trained at the Hungarian Academy before moving to Paris to study under Lucien Simon at the Académie Julian. Fried emigrated to the United States after World War II, setting up residence in both Los Angeles and New York. While in America, his portraits brought him financial success. He often painted high society women and celebrities including Marilyn Monroe and the Gabor sisters. In New York, he painted portraits of Herbert Lehman, Governor and Senator from New York, Will Rogers and other notables.

Velma H. Allred (late 20th century) was born in Northern Idaho and moved to Colorado in 1954. After receiving a Fine Arts Degree from Brigham Young University and then raising a large family, she began painting.  She is well known for mountain and pastoral landscapes