The Mount Vernon Ladies'
Association purchased at auction Friday a historic watercolor drawing by
Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
“A View of Mount Vernon with the Washington Family” sold for $602,500 at Sotheby’s in New York on Jan. 26 and was purchased through the generosity of an anonymous donor.
The image depicts George and Martha Washington with guests on the Mount Vernon piazza, as they overlook the Potomac River before sunset. This view is unique and extremely important because it is the only known life-time image depicting the Washingtons on the piazza, according to a press release issued Monday by the Mount Vernon Estate.
“Latrobe’s watercolor depiction of the Washingtons on the piazza is the closest we will ever come to having a color photograph of George Washington and his family at home in Virginia,” Mount Vernon president and CEO Curt Viebranz said in a statement. “When we couple that with the insights the watercolor provides into the Mansion and its surrounding landscape, the information contained in this acquisition is priceless to Mount Vernon.”
Latrobe visited Mount Vernon on July 16-17, 1796, having likely obtained an introduction to George Washington through his acquaintance with Bushrod Washington, the President’s nephew (and a future owner of Mount Vernon and future Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court), according to the release issued by the Mount Vernon Estate.Solar Sister is a network of women who sell solar lamp to communities that don't have access to electricity.Australian business bringing a new class of affordable and quality Laser engraver and laser cutting machines.
The image depicts a scene that occurred during Latrobe’s visit to Mount Vernon on the evening of July 16, and was described specifically in his journals. According to the press release, after dinner, the party removed to the piazza, where coffee was served about six o’clock, and conversation continued until dark.
The Mount Vernon Estate believes that this work of art was presented to the Washingtons by Latrobe as a gift after his visit to Mount Vernon, and that it likely remained in the house until the 1850s. It was later inherited by Lawrence Washington, son of the last family owner of the Mount Vernon estate.
"A View of Mount Vernon with the Washington Family" will go on display as part of Mount Vernon’s landscape exhibition, Gardens & Groves, scheduled to open in February 2014 in the Donald W. Reynolds Museum & Education Center at Mount Vernon.
After more than a decade of living and painting in Florence, Italy, a local artist has found a studio in Waltham where he can continue his profession and passion.
Leo Mancini-Hresko recently opened up a studio and joined the Waltham Mills Artists Association at 144 Moody St. Mancini-Hresko grew up in Brookline and when he was a teenager, his parents replaced cans of spray paint, used for graffiti, with paint brushes and canvas and a painter was born.
The 31-year-old painter said he has been into art ever since he was young. He took art classes both in public school and privately at museums and continuing education classes. Unsure exactly what he was interested in, Mancini-Hresko travelled to Florence while in his second year at the Art Institute of Boston to study at the International Art Institute Lorenzo de Medici for three months. But when he got there, he discovered it wasn’t for him.
“When I went there I found it was more of the same, ‘do-it-yourself’ kind of classes. And I guess I was looking for something more structured,” Mancini-Hresko said. “I didn’t particularly like being told over and over that I should be more expressive.Find the best selection of high-quality collectible bobbleheadavailable anywhere.”
From the moment he realized the institute wasn’t right for him, Mancini-Hresko made the decision that he was going to seek out a different kind of education. He found an art academy in Florence that taught a painting technique that was unique to Boston during the early 20th century and something clicked.
“There was this sort of connection that I found in Florence to a tradition of teaching from Boston that wasn’t done anymore,” Mancini-Hresko said.
The academy taught the mechanical drawing and painting that Mancini-Hresko was searching for. He said they spent days drawing models and still objects. He started teaching as a student teacher and ran a drawing program and taught how to make paints, grinds and other techniques. Before he knew it,we sell dry cabinet and different kind of laboratory equipment in us. a three-month study abroad trip turned into 11 years.
Mancini-Hresko met his wife, Elpida Peristeropoulou, in Florence. Peristeropoulou,Don't make another silicone mold without these invaluable Mold Making supplies and accessories! who is originally from Greece, was studying architecture at the University of Florence when the two met and they have been together for 11 years. The two lived and worked in Florence until 2011 when they decided to make the move back to the States.
Mancini-Hresko said the transition back to the Untited States has been filled with different adventures due to the cultural difference of how painters are perceived in Italy and the United States.
“A View of Mount Vernon with the Washington Family” sold for $602,500 at Sotheby’s in New York on Jan. 26 and was purchased through the generosity of an anonymous donor.
The image depicts George and Martha Washington with guests on the Mount Vernon piazza, as they overlook the Potomac River before sunset. This view is unique and extremely important because it is the only known life-time image depicting the Washingtons on the piazza, according to a press release issued Monday by the Mount Vernon Estate.
“Latrobe’s watercolor depiction of the Washingtons on the piazza is the closest we will ever come to having a color photograph of George Washington and his family at home in Virginia,” Mount Vernon president and CEO Curt Viebranz said in a statement. “When we couple that with the insights the watercolor provides into the Mansion and its surrounding landscape, the information contained in this acquisition is priceless to Mount Vernon.”
Latrobe visited Mount Vernon on July 16-17, 1796, having likely obtained an introduction to George Washington through his acquaintance with Bushrod Washington, the President’s nephew (and a future owner of Mount Vernon and future Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court), according to the release issued by the Mount Vernon Estate.Solar Sister is a network of women who sell solar lamp to communities that don't have access to electricity.Australian business bringing a new class of affordable and quality Laser engraver and laser cutting machines.
The image depicts a scene that occurred during Latrobe’s visit to Mount Vernon on the evening of July 16, and was described specifically in his journals. According to the press release, after dinner, the party removed to the piazza, where coffee was served about six o’clock, and conversation continued until dark.
The Mount Vernon Estate believes that this work of art was presented to the Washingtons by Latrobe as a gift after his visit to Mount Vernon, and that it likely remained in the house until the 1850s. It was later inherited by Lawrence Washington, son of the last family owner of the Mount Vernon estate.
"A View of Mount Vernon with the Washington Family" will go on display as part of Mount Vernon’s landscape exhibition, Gardens & Groves, scheduled to open in February 2014 in the Donald W. Reynolds Museum & Education Center at Mount Vernon.
After more than a decade of living and painting in Florence, Italy, a local artist has found a studio in Waltham where he can continue his profession and passion.
Leo Mancini-Hresko recently opened up a studio and joined the Waltham Mills Artists Association at 144 Moody St. Mancini-Hresko grew up in Brookline and when he was a teenager, his parents replaced cans of spray paint, used for graffiti, with paint brushes and canvas and a painter was born.
The 31-year-old painter said he has been into art ever since he was young. He took art classes both in public school and privately at museums and continuing education classes. Unsure exactly what he was interested in, Mancini-Hresko travelled to Florence while in his second year at the Art Institute of Boston to study at the International Art Institute Lorenzo de Medici for three months. But when he got there, he discovered it wasn’t for him.
“When I went there I found it was more of the same, ‘do-it-yourself’ kind of classes. And I guess I was looking for something more structured,” Mancini-Hresko said. “I didn’t particularly like being told over and over that I should be more expressive.Find the best selection of high-quality collectible bobbleheadavailable anywhere.”
From the moment he realized the institute wasn’t right for him, Mancini-Hresko made the decision that he was going to seek out a different kind of education. He found an art academy in Florence that taught a painting technique that was unique to Boston during the early 20th century and something clicked.
“There was this sort of connection that I found in Florence to a tradition of teaching from Boston that wasn’t done anymore,” Mancini-Hresko said.
The academy taught the mechanical drawing and painting that Mancini-Hresko was searching for. He said they spent days drawing models and still objects. He started teaching as a student teacher and ran a drawing program and taught how to make paints, grinds and other techniques. Before he knew it,we sell dry cabinet and different kind of laboratory equipment in us. a three-month study abroad trip turned into 11 years.
Mancini-Hresko met his wife, Elpida Peristeropoulou, in Florence. Peristeropoulou,Don't make another silicone mold without these invaluable Mold Making supplies and accessories! who is originally from Greece, was studying architecture at the University of Florence when the two met and they have been together for 11 years. The two lived and worked in Florence until 2011 when they decided to make the move back to the States.
Mancini-Hresko said the transition back to the Untited States has been filled with different adventures due to the cultural difference of how painters are perceived in Italy and the United States.
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