Len Jenshel Photograph - The Beckwith House, Onteora Park, New York - 1986

Title: The Beckwith House, Onteora Park, New York
Photographer: Len Jenshel
1986
Overall size matted is approximately 20 x 26 inches

This fine art photograph by Len Jenshel captures the historic home within Onteora park, N Y

While no home named the "Beckwith House" is explicitly documented within Onteora Park, the painter Carroll Beckwith was one of its early, prominent residents. It is likely that the "Beckwith house" refers to his former cottage in the historic Catskills artists' colony.

Carroll Beckwith and the Onteora Club
Carroll Beckwith (1852–1917) was an American painter known for his portraits. He was part of the circle of artists and writers who were invited to Onteora Park by Candace Wheeler.
He became one of the colony's first residents, though it is unclear if he designed or constructed a specific building that came to be known by his name.
Today, the Onteora Club continues the colony's legacy as a private, arts-focused residential community with a rich collection of archives and artwork.


Len Jenshel | American, 1949 -
Len Jenshel is one of the pioneers of "The New Color," photographing landscape and culture since 1974. His books include Travels in the American West (Smithsonian, 1992), Charmed Places (Abrams, 1988), and Charleston and the Low Country (Spacemaker Press, 1997). His photographs have been exhibited internationally in one-person shows at the Yokohama Museum in Tokyo, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the International Center of Photography in New York City, to name a few. His work is represented in over one hundred collections worldwide. He has received numerous grants including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, the National Endowment for the Arts, two from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Graham Foundation, and the Design Trust for Public Space.

In addition to his personal projects, he also work on assignments for major domestic and international magazines including National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler, House & Garden, The New Yorker, National Geographic Traveler, New York Times' Sophisticated Traveler, Washington Post Magazine, Fortune, Men's Journal, Audubon, Departures, Civilization, Travel & Leisure, GEO, Life, T&L Golf, Organic Style, Budget Travel, Nest, Outside, Town & Country, and many others.

Len and his wife, Diane Cook, currently live and work in New York City.