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Omaha World Herald Article on Bruce

Their Dream Realized The three sisters wanted their brother "To Be Remembered" in his hometown, Omaha, Nebraska. My mom and her sisters were talented artists and each had successful careers in the industry. They always said to us kids growing up that our Uncle Bruce was the absolute most talented artist in the family and that none of them could compare. They also said that he loved flying as much as painting. So he was also a pilot and WWII hero. As a young girl, intrigued with American history and admittedly, handsome men, I was hooked. Bruce F Jepsen Bruce F. Jepsen Easter Sunday 1941 Art Studio, Omaha Flight Officer Bruce Fleming Jepson About 1944 I had help with my history homework from my grandmother (Bruce's mother) but in the 60's-70's (no internet) our learning was limited. Naturally my grandma was somewhat reluctant to talk about her son Bruce. We should work hard today to support our teachers and our education programs and funding. I truly believe t

Bruce Was The Idol Talent For His Sisters

Late 1930's And Early 40's Artwork This illustration was one of many portraits of the same unknown model by Bruce Fleming Jepsen. I'm grateful for this generous donation from the Jepsen-Buckinghams. My mother, as a young babysitter for the Buckingham children, recalled seeing this hanging in the Buckingham house in the Dundee neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska. Chris was older than Grace and Harryette by about 10 years. She was Bruce's generation, just two years younger than him. She always said that she was not the caliber of artist that her brother was. Each of his sisters though, were talented. They were extremely disciplined and practiced every day. Grace and Harryette wrote letters to their elder siblings, enclosing they're artistic efforts for professional critiques. In the wwII letters between 1942-1945 Harryette at the young age of about 11, was drawing pictures of all kinds of animals. She especially loved horses and eventually became an expe

A bit of Omaha history

In 1935 The "Omaha Bee" newspaper did a little article about a new hobby shop on the third floor of the Webster-Sutherland building on 16th & Howard Street. There was a photo of Uncle Bruce, a junior at Central High school. He was standing on a ladder with paintbrush in hand. The mural of ships at sea was, as far as we know, demolished along with the building. The caption was, "Bruce Jepsen working on his large wall painting in Omaha's new Hobby Shop". It's a great little article which I will share soon. This is just a special little excerpt, "Witnesses have commended the original painting of two Spanish Galleons at sea as an exceptional work. Jepsen has done some window poster work for downtown stores and hopes to continue art studies in Chicago after graduation". There was also an Omaha World Herald article in 1936 about three high school art students, one of which was Bruce. More on that later.

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