The gallery's roots date back to 1981, when Mrs. Faerie Denman of Great Bend donated an extensive 507-piece art collection which she and her husband Cedric exchanged as anniversary gifts during their fifty-one years of marriage. The collection demanded proper storage and the means through which Barton could share the artwork with the community. The collection now contains nearly 800 works of art. Below is a list of the artists in the collection. To view their biographies and art work click on the artist's name.

More biographies coming soon.

Harold Altman
Stanley Anderson
John James Audubon
Peggy Bacon
Will Barnet
George Wesley Bellows
Thomas Hart Benton
Karl Bodmer
J. Edward Borein
George Catlin
John Steuart Curry
William J. Dickerson
Alexander Glickman
Norma Bassett Hall
Rex Hall
Winslow Homer
Gene Kloss
Oscar V. Larmer
August W. Lenox
Karl Mattern
Thomas Moran
Maxfield Parrish
Henry Varnum Poor
Lester Raymer
Doel Reed
Frederic Remington
Charles B. Rogers
Charles H. Sanderson
Birgér Sandzen
Gus Shafer
"Red" Skelton
Robert Sudlow