Gretchen Rothschild Eppling (American/Louisiana, b. 1940) , "Blue Landscape", watercolor and pastel

Gretchen Rothschild Eppling (American/Louisiana, b. 1940) , "Blue Landscape", watercolor and pastel on paper, signed lower right, 22 3/4 in. x 29 7/8 in., framed, overall 30 3/4 in. x 38 1/2 in. x 1 1/2 in. Note: Gretchen Rothschild Eppling was born in 1940 in New Orleans. The daughter of local artists, Charles and Vera Reinike, she grew up surrounded by art and was never wanting for various art supplies. Summers in Louisiana meant trips to her parents’ summer art camp in Saint Francisville where she flourished. She decided to major in art at Barat College in Chicago and met her first husband Herbert Rothschild, whom she followed to Harvard and Yale for his academic pursuits. Herbert later accepted a position at Louisiana State University, and thus Gretchen returned to her home state where she taught art at a local elementary school and eventually began exhibiting her work at The Baton Rouge Gallery, as well as in New Orleans at the Reinike Gallery.Following the end of her marriage to Herbert, Gretchen moved back to New Orleans in the 1980s where she continued to volunteer and teach art to children. It was there she reignited a relationship with an old flame, high school sweetheart Irvington Eppling, whom she later married. Irvington admired Gretchen’s creative ambitions, and she pursued a new artistic path with his enthusiastic support. While Irvington has since passed, Gretchen continues to paint and exhibit her work at the Reinike Gallery, continuing the proud tradition of her talented family.Ref.: “Gretchen Eppling.” Reinike Gallery. www.reinikegallery.com. Accessed Mar. 4, 2023.
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