The Studio at Treetops

 During the 1930's through the 1950's Schanker lived and had studios in Brooklyn, Manhattan and
upstate Sugarloaf, New York. Around 1950 he bought a hundred year old farmhouse 
in Sag Harbor in the "Hamptons," on eastern Long Island.. In 1959 Schanker married singer Libby Holman,
and set up a studio at their home, "Dune House," in nearby East Hampton. Another studio was built
at their "Treetops" estate in Stamford Connecticut.
The studio at Treetops was the primary site of his work for the last 20 years of his life.  

 

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 Treetops Studio, Stamford Connecticut
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 Printer 

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Painter

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Sculptor

From 2006 to 2017 the Treetops Studio of Louis Schanker was the venue for the
 Treetops Chamber Music Society (CMS). Under the direction of Oskar Espina-Ruiz, CMS offered a
variety of concerts paired with art exhibitions each season. A unique program also combined nature and
science for children with the cooperation of  the SoundWaters environmental group..
This is especially appropriate as Schanker loved music and nature, both of which are reflected in
his artwork. Music was one of the major themes of the WPA murals which he completed for WNYC
and the Neponsit Children's Hospital in New York.

In September of 2008 Louis Schanker's
artwork was returned to the studio as the 
exhibit, "Lyrical Abstraction"

 

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