About Helen Martanie Snowden
Helen Martanie Snowden was an American painter.
Helen Martanie Snowden (1860–1925), also known as Janie, was a professional artist working in Omaha, Nebraska, in the 1890s and early twentieth century. She is known for her still life painting, including trompe-l'oeil trophy pictures. She was a member of the Western Art Association during its heyday. Her father, William Pleasant Snowden, was the first white male settler in Omaha, Nebraska. He brought his wife and three children with him and built a log house. After he had an accident to his hip, he lived with his daughter Helen.
When Snowden returned to Omaha, she set up a studio in Paxton Block, but later moved her studio into her home.
The Wyoming State Museum has held one of Snowden's artworks, a painting of a bouquet, in their collection since 1968.
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