{"id":3531,"date":"2022-12-16T13:48:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T18:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/?p=3531"},"modified":"2022-12-19T12:19:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T17:19:53","slug":"bring-him-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/2022\/12\/16\/bring-him-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring Him Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3531\" class=\"elementor elementor-3531\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26fb2ff7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26fb2ff7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5df1bc7e\" data-id=\"5df1bc7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20b8f838 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20b8f838\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>Ginny Oustad calls it \u201cThe Schlem,\u201d and it needed a new home.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Schlem\u201d is a painting that has been in Ginny\u2019s family for generations. The still life, featuring fruits and vegetables, was painted by an artist with Wabash ties, Ferdinand \u201cFritz\u201d Schlemmer.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Schlemmer taught some of the first art classes at the College and was an artist-in-residence from 1942-47. Oustad says her grandfather was a close friend of Schlemmer\u2019s, so it\u2019s not surprising that this piece of art occupied a place of honor in the Oustad family homes.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was always in our home,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was a part of our family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"253\" class=\"wp-image-3532 alignleft\" style=\"width: 400px\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/Oustad.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/Oustad.jpg 375w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/Oustad-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>Ginny\u2019s grandfather lived on Harry Freedman Place. Her father, Hugh Collett \u201943, and her brother, George \u201982, are Wabash graduates who settled out west. She took possession of the painting when her father passed away. Downsizing led her to find a new home for the heirloom.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when she thought, \u201cIt needs to go back home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Starting in Elko, Nevada, Ginny took the painting on a whirlwind tour of 11 states, stopping to see family along the way. The painting rolled through California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, and Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Its new home is here on campus, not far from where it was created.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy siblings and I are glad it\u2019s here,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is really our homestead. it&#8217;s kind of like bringing the family back to family. We&#8217;re happy to find a place where it would be enjoyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The College now has multiple Schlemmers in and around campus. There are three inside of Elston Homestead and another in the president\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Welcome home, Schlem.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ginny Oustad calls it \u201cThe Schlem,\u201d and it needed a new home. \u201cThe Schlem\u201d is a painting that has been in Ginny\u2019s family for generations. 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