Lully Schwartz

Member since 2014

STATEMENT
“Everyone has a calling. Mine was art. Necessity drove me to be more visual than most when I was a child, and this is in part how I realized art could tell my story. So, childhood, growth, imagination, love, motherhood, middle years, and my environment are all part of my narrative in paint. I put back into life what life has given me.” ~Lully Schwartz 2021

BIOGRAPHY
Lully Schwartz American was born in the coastal community of Beverly, Massachusetts. Lully first formally pursued her art calling in 1978, and she graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1983. Her art further developed during the1980’s while she worked in her first painting studio in Boston’s North End. Influenced by New York East Village artists of the time (e.g., Larry Rivers and both de Koonings, among others) Lully would generate interest with her unique sensibilities for abstracted realism. Notable traits found in Lully’s approach to paint are loose brushwork, light filled color, and bold form. Her early experiences in the city coupled with her coastal and rural upbringing continues to shape her artwork today.

In 1985 Lully established her home and studio on the North Shore of Massachusetts where she raised her two sons and established the North Shore Atelier to teach working artists.

Since the early 90’s Lully has been the subject of more than 20 solo exhibitions including: a midcareer retrospective at the Gateway Gallery, Portsmouth, NH (2015); “L'Iconographie Francaise” at the French Cultural Center, Boston, MA (2015); Smith Cove Exhibition, Visiting Artist, Gloucester, MA (2012); and 20 Paint, Thos. Moser Boston, MA (2010). With nearly 100 gallery and museum group exhibitions including: JLB Newbury St., Boston (2020); Prince Street Gallery, NYC (2017); Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston (2020) Rockport Art Association and Museum (2014-20); East Village Po Kim Gallery (2015); Christie Street Gallery, NYC (2018); Mill Pond Gallery, Long Island (2013) Johnson & Johnson headquarters Gallery, New Jersey (2013); Armory Art Show (2011); Cornell Museum of American Art & Culture (2013); Coral Springs Museum (2013); National Art Club, NYC (2010); Newburyport NAA Galleries (1998-2007); 400 Tech Sq. Gallery, Cambridge, MA (2020); and numerous others.

Schwartz has received Honors & Awards including the “Excellence in Painting, Art in the Tavern Award” (2020) and the “Excellence in Painting, Karl Bronk Memorial Award”, (2020) from the Rockport Art Association & Museum; the Painting Award at the Armory Art Exhibition during Art Basel, Florida (2011); and several Excellence in Painting & Drawing Awards from the Newburyport Art Association (1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, and 2007). She is a Juried Artist Member of the Rockport Art Association (2014) and was inducted into the National Association of Women Artists (2009).

Memberships – Lully was the Vice President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (2013-15). She is a member of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, D.C.; the Rockport Art Association and Museum; and the National Association of Women Artists, Inc.

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