Signposts

Perspectives from The Artist's Road

Artists in the Woods date unknown Robert Henri

“There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom. If one could but recall his vision by some sort of sign. It was in this hope that the arts were invented. Sign-posts on the way to what may be. Sign-posts toward greater knowledge.”
- Robert Henri 1865-1929

As we drove across Nebraska on Interstate 80, we were surprised to see a sign at Exit 222 announcing the Robert Henri Museum. The famous artist and teacher that we knew as having studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the École des Beaux Arts in France spent a large part of his childhood in Cozad, Nebraska. The town itself was founded by Henri’s father, John Jackson Cozad.

Generations have found inspiration in Henri’s teachings. We refer to his book…