Gene Ritchie Monahan with painting “Lifeline,” 1969. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie Monahan’s oil-on-canvas painting of Norval Morrisseau, an Anishinaabe artist known as the “Picasso of the North.” Oil on canvas, 1969. 20 x 16. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie Monahan’s “School Bus,” 1964. Oil on canvas. 48 x 40. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie Monahan’s “Ariel with Red Slippers,” 1958. Oil on canvas. 20 x 36. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Monahan‒Ritchie wedding photo, 1934. Left to right: Ernest Oberholtzer, best man; George Monahan, groom; Gene Ritchie Monahan, bride; Ruth Ritchie, maid of honor. Gene designed and sewed her dress for the wedding. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie holiday card, 1932. Linoleum block on paper. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie's “Self Portrait.” Winner of the first-place award at the Duluth Art Institute's 1930 Arrowhead Art Exhibition. Oil on canvas, 1929. 24 x 30. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie self-portrait, pencil on paper, ca. 1928.

The family of Gene Monahan Ritchie, ca. 1928: brother, Robert Gerald Ritchie (bottom, center); father, Arthur C. Ritchie; mother, Jeannette M. Dally Ritchie (middle row); sister, Ruth Elizabeth Ritchie; brother, Arthur Enoch Ritchie ; Genevieve (Gene) Mae Ritchie (top row). Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie’s artwork for Denfield High School’s yearbook, The Oracle (faculty page), Duluth, 1926. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.