If you love Art, you need this book! In November 1934, seventy-five years ago, more than 12 years of sculpting stone on the Capitol was finally completed.  The whole world loves and admires our Capitol, yet almost no one has ever heard of the shy genius who created The Sower, Lee Lawrie.

Lee Lawrie was Goodhue’s chief architectural sculptor for nearly thirty years. He created almost all the works of unique Art Deco sculpture at the Capitol, yet somehow, he managed to fly completely under history’s radar. Active for nearly seventy years—from the Gaslight Era until the Space Age—this was the largest sculptural commission of his life.

Discover who he was; how he thought and worked, and how this early Art Deco pioneer came to illustrate the glories of the prairie, the Native American past, the history of law, and the lessons of how our democracy was born. Learn why all of these stories are still so relevant—today.

“Lee Lawrie’s Prairie Deco: History in Stone at the Nebraska State Capitol” ©2009. Written and photographed by former Lincolnite Gregory Paul Harm, M.A. For Nebraskans (and others) of all ages. Get it now, in soft or hardbound at the Nebraska History Museum’s Museum Store, the Nebraska Capitol Gift Shop, or preview and buy it online.