Lusie Schellenberg

Tossa de Maria . Original painting

2020

The sun-dappled birch forest is a serene and enchanting sight. Tall, slender birch trees stretch skyward, their white bark glowing warmly in the golden sunlight. The air is fresh and...

In this painting, I capture the delicate dance of wildflowers against a serene sky. Through the blend of impressionism and realism, using oils, I explore the tranquility and subtle v...

Alfred de Breanski was an English painter best known for his soaring landscape paintings of the Irish and Welsh countrysides. His panoramic vistas of...

Signed lower right. Complemented by a period frame. William L. Lathrop (1859-1938) Deemed “Father of the New Hope Art Colony”, William Langson Lathrop was born in Warren, Illinois. He was largely self-taught, having only studied briefly with William Merritt Chase in 1887, at the Art Students League. Lathrop first moved east in the early 1880s, and took a job at the Photoengraving Company in New York City. While there, he befriended a fellow employee, Henry B. Snell. The two men became lifelong friends and ultimately, both would be considered central figures among the New Hope Art Colony. Lathrop's early years as an artist were ones of continuing struggle. His efforts to break through in the New York art scene seemed futile, so he scraped enough money together to travel to Europe with Henry Snell in1888. There he met and married an English girl, Annie Burt. Upon returning to New York, he tried his hand at etching, making tools from old saw blades...