Lewes, DE Harbor Scene by Howard Schroeder '90. Watercolor Measuring 22 1/2" x 17 1/4" Framed. Signed Bottom Left.
Artist Bio:
Howard Stephen Schroeder was born in New York City on December 17, 1910. In 1929 he enrolled at Syracuse University, the alma mater of his high school art teacher, & began study under Professor Witherspoon, the third & most influential of his teachers. Howard then left Syracuse to take up study at the National Academy of Design in New York City. During most of the '30s he worked as a commercial artist. Drafted into the army as America entered World War II, Schroeder was assigned first to Fort Dix, New Jersey & then, early in 1942, to Fort Miles in Lewes, Delaware. Schroeder soon after married Marian Meta Mohnkem (in July 1942) and brought his new bride to the Lewes/Rehoboth area. By 1945 when the war ended, Lewes had become home & they decided to stay permanently. The Schroeders then opened a store in Rehoboth Beach to sell art supplies & Howard's paintings. He supplemented that income teaching small classes that he established in nearby Maryland, Virginia & in Delaware. He later taught for 6 years at St. Andrews School in Middletown, Delaware. Howard Schroeder died in Lewes, Delaware on September 8, 1995.