Heart of Louisiana: 105-year-old Metairie artist June Lampe and her old master painter techniques
HOL: Metairie artist June Lampe By Dave McNamara | December 9, 2020 at 9:16 PM CST - Updated December 9 at 9:59 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - She is an award-winning artist who mastered a style of painting that dates back more than 2,000 years to ancient Greece. And Metairie artist June Lampe has been around a pretty long time herself.
Birthday greetings decorate the living room of June Lampe’s Metairie home. They don’t number cards high enough, but you can creatively put two together.
Lampe just celebrated her 105th birthday. And she has spent her life studying art, painting her own masterpieces and teaching. She recalls that it was an uncle who first taught her how to paint. She remembers a room in his house, painted with roses from ceiling to floor.