Connecticut Art History - Other online information

Connecticut Art History

with an emphasis on representational art

Other online information:

An American Place, the Art Colony at Old Lyme, an ongoing exhibit from the Florence Griswold Museum. Accessed July, 2015.

Art and Artists in Connecticut, by Harry Willard French, from Google Books. Accessed July, 2015.

Art for Everyone: The Federal Art Project in Connecticut, from The Mattatuck Historical Society. Includes five categories of art. Accessed July, 2015.

Art in Farmington Village is a 2018 exhibit at the New Britain Museum of American Art which says: "Organized in collaboration with the Farmington Historical Society and the first Museum exhibition to examine this subject in depth, this presentation explores the emergence of Farmington's art colony, its key patrons, and the role of individual artists, including James McDougal Hart (1828-1901), Aaron Draper Shattuck (1832-1928), Robert Bolling Brandegee (1849-1922), Charles Foster (1850-1931), Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942), Allen Butler Talcott (1867-1908), Helen Andrews (1872-1960), and James Britton (1878-1936)." Accessed 9/18

Artists from Connecticut from Wikipedia. Accessed August, 2015.

Bush-Holley House, the Cos Cob Art Colony and American Impressionism from Greenwich Historical Society. Accessed August, 2015.

The Cartoonists of Silvermine: Past and Present is a 2017 exhibit at the New Canaan Historical Society which says: "The Cartoonists of Silvermine: Past and Present" is an historical retrospective exhibiting over seventy reproductions of seventeen cartoonists who at one time worked and/or lived in Silvermine from 1900 though the present." Accessed 6/17

The Celebrated Gardens of Lyme Artists from Florence Griswold Museum, published May 7, 2014. Accessed December, 2015.

Coming Full Circle: The Greenwich Art Society Celebrates 100 at the Bruce Museum, an exhibit held February 11, 2012 - April 1, 2012 at the Bruce Museum. From the Bruce Museum. Accessed May, 2014

Connecticut (sampling of artists and works connected to state) from askArt. Accessed August, 2015.

(above: Charles Harold Davis (1856-1933, Summer Twilight, c. 1892, oil on canvas, 20.1. x 27 in. Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

"Connecticut and American Impressionism," by Hildegard Cummings, courtesy of The Florence Griswold Museum, from Connecticut Humanities. Accessed August, 2015.

Connecticut History Illustrated is a virtual library enabling searching across media and institutions to discover cultural treasures. Accessed September, 2015.

Cos Cob art colony from Wikipedia. Accessed August, 2015

"The Cos Cob Art Colony," by Carl White, November 8, 2010, from Greenwich Library. Accessed August, 2015

"The Cos Cob Art Colony, Impressionists on the Connecticut Shore," article by Carter B. Horsley. From The City Review. Accessed August, 2015.

Edward Balthazar: Urban Artist is a 2019 exhibit at the Mattatuck Museum which says: "This on-line exhibition features Waterbury scenes that Edward J. Balthazar (1890-1956) produced during the 1930s and 1940s in a selection of works from the Mattatuck's permanent collection. Balthazar's paintings and many etchings celebrate his hometown in views of city and country as diverse as the natural gas works and the Pomperaug River." Accessed 10/19

Emil Carlsen's Quiet Harmonies is a 2018 exhibit at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum which says: "A close friend of artist Julian Alden Weir, Carlsen spent time at both the Weir farm in Branchville, Connecticut and at Weir's Windham home before acquiring his own Connecticut residence in 1905 in Falls Village, at the foot of the Berkshires." Accessed 1/19

Farmington Artists and Their Times: Giverny in Connecticut: Part I, By Charles Leach, M.D. Republished from the Farmington Historical Society newsletter, December 2007. Accessed July, 2015.

Farmington Artists and Their Times: Giverny in Connecticut: Part II, By Charles Leach, M.D. Republished from the Farmington Historical Society newsletter, March 2008. Accessed July, 2015.

Hartford Steam Boiler Collection from The Florence Griswold Museum. Accessed July, 2015.

Jan Dilenschneider: Dualities was a 2015 exhibit at the Bellarmine Museum of Art which says in its press release: "This exhibition will feature about 20 paintings by Connecticut artist Jan Dilenschneider. A champion of artistic freedom of expression, Dilenschneider is an award-winning artist, who regularly exhibits her work in Paris. She has been painting since childhood, and finds much of her inspiration in nature and its wonders. Dilenschneider's influences include Impressionism and Expressionism, while her affinity for landscape and the atmospheric effects of light and color link her to the venerable Connecticut tradition of landscape painting exemplified by the late 19th- early 20th-century Cos Cob School." Accessed 1/17

The Lyme Art Colony from the Florence Griswold Museum. Accessed July, 2015.

Lyme Artists Abroad is a 2014 exhibit at the Florence Griswold Museum which says: "Expeditions to places as far-flung as the Zuni pueblo, the hills of Italy, and the warm waters of the Caribbean demonstrate artists' perpetual quest for intriguing subject matter and varied landscapes to contrast with the familiar pastures and woods of Connecticut." Accessed 12/18

Natalie Van Vleck - True to Her Art, Life & Land is a 2018 exhibit at the Mattatuck Museum which says: "Organized by guest curator Marc Chabot and the Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust, this exhibition presents more than 50 paintings, works on paper, hand carved wood frames, furnishings and archival material by the American Modernist artist Natalie Van Vleck (1901-1981), longtime resident of Woodbury." Also see artist's biography from Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust. Accessed 12/18

"New Deal Art Revisited," by Kathryn Boughton, from Connecticut Humanities. Accessed July, 2015.

NEW/NOW: Paul Baylock is a 2018 exhibit at the New Britain Museum of American Art which says: "During the early part of the 20th century, New Britain was known as the "Hardware City" and the "Hardware Capital of the World."...This legacy is perhaps nowhere better expressed and celebrated than in the vibrant paintings and sculptures of artist Paul Baylock, a New Britain native." Accessed 7/18

The New Spirit and the Cos Cob Art Colony:Before and After The Armory Show, an exhibit held October 9, 2013 to January 12, 2014 at Greenwich Historical Society. Accessed May, 2014

Old Lyme Colony Painters from AskArt.com. Accessed July, 2015.

Oscar Fehrer: Reflecting and Reflections is a 2017 exhibit at the Florence Griswold Museum which says: "This installation will present a selected retrospective of work from every period of Fehrer's career-early charcoal drawings, portraits, and plein air landscapes-to reconsider Fehrer's contribution to the art world on both a local and international level." Accessed 11/17

Pasture to Pond: Connecticut Impressionism, an exhibit held March 22 - June 22, 2014 at the Bruce Museum. Includes video and .pdf of driving tour. From the Bruce Museum. Accessed February, 2016.

Pieces of American History: Connecticut Quilts is a 2019 exhibit at the Connecticut Historical Society which says: "About 30 stunning selections from the CHS's approximately 150 quilts, ranging from the last quarter of the eighteenth century to the present day, will be displayed alongside costumes, photographs, and artifacts that illustrate the stories behind Connecticut quilters and quilting." Accessed 6/20

Thistles and Crowns: The Painted Chests of the Connecticut Shore is a 2014 exhibit at the Florence Griswold Museum which says: "Useful in their form and beautiful in their ornament these chests tell a complicated story about the way that colonists in eighteenth-century Connecticut used humble objects to express their place in the larger world." Accessed 12/18

Three Women/Three Artists/Three Centuries, an exhibit held October 3, 2014 - January 25, 2015 at the Florence Griswold Museum. Includes exhibit brochure with essay by Jeff Andersen, Director of the Florence Griswold Museum. From Florence Griswold Museum. Accessed February, 2016.

World War I and the Lyme Art Colony is a 2017 exhibit at the Florence Griswold Museum which says: "The exhibition will draw on the Museum's permanent collection and selected loans from public and private collections to illuminate the significant role played by artists with ties to Connecticut in mobilizing public sentiment for America's entry into the war and in defining a new role for art in the field of modern warfare." Accessed 11/17

Yale Peabody Museum's dioramas from Yale Peabody Museum. Accessed August, 2015.

(above: Henry Ward Ranger (1858-1916), Entrance to the Harbor, 1890, 18.2 x 25.6 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

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