Nice original watercolor by well listed Nevada artist
Cliff Segerblom (1915-1990). This work has a visible area
of about 12 by 17 inches and and was signed posthumously
by his widow Gene.
 
450
 
Biography from Nevada Fine Art LLC
 
Cliff Segerblom moved from California to attend the University of Nevada in 1934 where he majored in art. A job opportunity as a photographer for the Hoover Dam Project brought him to Boulder City in 1938. His career in photography involved numerous projects on the behalf of the government, including a prestigious assignment in 1969 to record the splashdown of Apollo 12. His photographs were featured in Life, Time, National Geographic, Arizona Highways, and Nevada Magazine.

Segerblom made his reputation using a variety of media, and he enjoyed particular success and recognition for his photographs, but his watercolors are arguably what define him best as a Nevada artist. His artistic development started with influence from fellow Nevada artists Robert Cole Caples and Hans Meyer-Kassel. One of his primary goals was to record the vanishing frontier culture of Nevada, and to capture its flavor and spirit in his art. In doing so, he unknowingly became one of the state’s most important documentarians.

Segerblom's work has been exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.


Sources:
Online Nevada Encyclopedia (ONE), accessed 5 August 2017;
Cliff Segerblom Retrospective Exhibition catalog, published by the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, 1987