Council Grove Post Office

Mural

"Autumn Colors"

1941

Artist

1911-1987

After graduation from high school he set out to visit the best art galleries in the United States. At age twenty-five he returned to Kansas overwhelmed by what he had seen and soon gathered his first eight years of art work and burned it. He maintained ". . . it takes 20, 30 years to learn about art. . . ." Rogers received a scholarship to the national Academy of Art in New York City. He later studied at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, where he assisted world renowned artist Birger Sandzén, who was head of the art department.

During World War II, Rogers was a member of the Coast Guard for four years. After the war, he studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. Rogers then returned to Kansas, teaching at Bethany for six years. After his stint at Bethany, he returned to California in the 1950s.