Bette Schlosser Baker and her husband, Bill, were part of the Greenwich Village scene in an exciting era, witnessing first-hand the age of the beat generation! It was a place and time of spontaneous creativity that lives on in this original oil-on-canvas. Bette Schlosser Baker and her husband, Bill, were part of the Greenwich Village scene in an exciting era, witnessing first-hand the age of the beat generation! It was a place and time of spontaneous creativity that lives on in this original oil-on-canvas.