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Harbor Scene, Peconic, 1910s

Edith Prellwitz & Henry Prellwitz: Painters of the Peconic

Released: June 18, 2012

Spanierman Gallery, LLC is pleased to announce the opening on June 7, 2012 of Edith Prellwitz and Henry Prellwitz: Painters of Peconic. The exhibition and sale presents the art of this married couple who were the leading figures in the artists’ colony that formed in the early twentieth century in Peconic, on Long Island’s North Shore. Both were painters of seasonal, Impressionist-inspired landscapes, figural images, and allegorical works influenced by their many years of academic training. Romantic and gentle in spirit, their art evokes an era when artistic expression was the hi...