Longtime Lawrence artist Louis Copt, known for Kansas landscape paintings, dies at 76
Longtime Lawrence artist Louis Copt died Thursday night after disclosing in a newsletter last month that he had been diagnosed with cancer. Copt, 76, was a well-known painter whose work, primarily oil on canvas, but also murals, focused on prairie themes and landscapes. In a social media post ...
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Longtime Lawrence artist Louis Copt, known for Kansas landscape paintings, dies at 76
Haskell University celebrates graduates after a trying semester, with speakers reminding how the community ‘will not be silenced’
