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A
joint effort between the Warren H. and Dorothy M. Kopke Endowment
for the Arts and the Barton County Community College Foundation
brought three additional L.E. "Gus" Shafer original art
works and a letter written to his friends to the college's Shafer
Art Gallery permanent collection.
Funds
from the Kopke Endowment were joined with money from the Foundation
board's annual art acquisition budget to purchase the works at
the Rudy Vanik Estate auction held in Larned in July. |
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One of the new acquisitions, a watercolor painted by Shafer in 1946, entitled "Ruckus on the Beach," provides insight to the works created earlier in the artist's career. It is the first Shafer work of art added to the permanent collection that is not of the western theme. |
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A
pair of bronze plaques, "Cowboy" and "Navajo Girl,"
show the wide range of his talents. |
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A
letter written by Shafer to his friends reveals his character and wonderful sense of humor. |