Raised without a television in rural Virginia, Brooklyn artist Randall Stoltzfus makes richly textured paintings that slowly unfurl into deeply receding landscapes. He has shown in New York, Virginia, Washington, DC., Korea, and in Italy, where he participated in an exhibit of work created in an a

As part of a politicaly progressive middle-class family in Koenigsberg Kaethe Schmidt was encouraged to develop her skills in painting and drawing. By age of 14 she was taking private classes with local artist, since the Koeingsberg Academy barred female pupils. She later studied in Munich and Ber