Florence Griswold Museum
Old Lyme, CT
860-434-5542
http://www.florencegriswoldmuseum.org
The Florence Griswold Museum is a National Historic Landmark
located in the heart of the historic district in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
A historic center for American art known as the home of American Impressionism,
the Florence Griswold Museum encompasses eleven acres along the Lieutenant
River.
Today, visitors to the Florence Griswold Museum immediately
appreciate its appeal to the artists who once stayed with Miss Florence.
In addition to the Florence Griswold House, the Museum features a modern
riverfront gallery, education center, historic gardens, and a restored artist
studio.
Visitors to the Museum are treated to a rare opportunity.
The artists of the Lyme Art Colony left Miss Florence, and generations of
art lovers, something very special. Many artworks are painted directly on
the walls and doors of the Griswold House. The tradition was probably imported
from hostelries in the French art colonies of Barbizon, Giverny, and Pont-Aven.
Forty-one such panels appear throughout the downstairs rooms. The most breathtaking
example is found in the dining room. The Museum contains one of the most
complete chronicles of the art colony movement in America.
Please see the Museum's website for hours and admission
fees.
Editor's note: readers may also enjoy
Videos:
this video from TFAO's Videos
catalog, an authoritative guide to videos in VHS and DVD format:
- Once Upon a Time in Old Lyme: The Story of an American Art Colony
is a 19 minute DVD produced by the Florence Griswold
Museum in 2007. It was brought to TFAO's attention by Tammi Flynn of
the Florence Griswold Museum and Shana Herb Johannessen.
TFAO does not maintain a lending library of videos or sell videos.
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for information on how to borrow or purchase copies of VHS videos and DVDs
listed in this catalogue.
Books:
A Google Book Search conducted
April 30, 2008 located the following books published by the Museum. None
featured Limited Preview. The catalogues are listed in reverse date order.
Book names followed by links to related essays published by Resource
Library are a marker to prevent reduplication of effort.
- The Freedom Business: Connecticut Landscapes Through the Eyes of
Venture ...
- by Marilyn Nelson - Poetry - 2006
- "This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition The
Freedom Business: Connecticut Landscapes Through the Eyes of Venture Smith
at the Florence...
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- May Night: Willard Metcalf at Old Lyme *
- by Bruce W. Chambers, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Amy Ellis, Emily M. Weeks,
Florence Griswold Museum - Art - 2005
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Florence Griswold Museum, May
1-Sept. 11, 2005.
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- The American Artist in Connecticut: The Legacy of the Hartford Steam
Boiler ... *
- by Jeffrey W. Andersen, Hildegard Cummings - Art - 2002
- "Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... at the Florence
Griswold Museum from July 2, 2002 through June 22, 2003"--T.p. verso.
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- Henry Ward Ranger and the Humanized Landscape *
- by Jack Becker, Lance Mayer, Gay Myers - Art - 1999
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old
Lyme, Conn., June 5-Sept. 5, 1999.
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- Lines of Thought: American Works on Paper from a Private Collection
...
- by Charles M. Price - Watercolor painting, American - 1996 - 48 pages
- Catalog essay by Charles Price.
- Taking the Road Not Taken: American
Works on Paper from a Private Collection; essay by Charles Price (7/23/08)
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- Color, Light & Atmosphere: The Art of Charles and Mary Roberts
Ebert ... *
- by Charles Ebert, Mary Roberts Ebert, Florence Griswold Museum - 1996
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- A Noble Tradition: American Painting from the National Arts Club
- by Carol Lowrey - Art - 1995 - 31 pages
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old
Lyme, Connecticut, July 7-September 3, 1995.
- A Noble Tradition: American Paintings
from the National Arts Club; essay by Carol Lowrey (2/8/06)
-
- Faces of Change: The Art of Ivan Olinsky, 1878-1962 *
- by Hildegard Cummings, Jeffrey W. Andersen - Biography & Autobiography
- 1995 - 32 pages
- Issued in connection with an exhibition held at the William Benton
Museum, Storrs, June 20-Aug. 22, 1995, and at the Florence Griswold Museum,
Old Lyme, Sept. 8...
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- Thomas W. Nason: New England Virtues Aged in Wood
- by Charles Price - Art - 1993 - 61 pages
- Catalog of an exhibition at the Florence Griswold Museum from Oct.
1, 1993 - Jan. 16, 1994.
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- A World Observed: The Art of Everett Longley Warner, 1877-1963 /
by Helen K ... *
- by Helen K. Fusscas, Everett Longley Warner, Florence Griswold Museum,
Westmoreland Museum of Art, Bucknell University Center Gallery - Art, Modern
- 1992 - 48 pages
-
- The Connecticut Shore: A Selection of Paintings from the Kathleen
& Arthur J ... *
- by Florence Griswold Museum - 1992
- Exhibition held at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Conn., Aug.
15-Nov.1, 1992.
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- The Lieutenant River
- by Susan Hollingsworth Ely, Elizabeth Bull Plimpton - History - 1991
- 71 pages
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- The Harmony of Nature: The Art of Frank Vincent DuMond *
- by Jeffrey W. Andersen, Charles B. Ferguson - Biography & Autobiography
- 1990 - 32 pages
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- Wilson Henry Irvine and the Poetry of Light
- by Harold Spencer - Poetry - 1998 - 84 pages
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old
Lyme, Connecticut, June 6 - August 30, 1998.
- Wilson Henry Irvine and the Poetry of
Light; essay by Harold Spencer (7/14/09)
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- Rudolf Scheffler (1884-1973) **
- by Peter H. Falk - Art - 1989 - 48 pages
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- Harry L. Hoffman, 1871-1964: A World of Color **
- by Jeffrey W. Andersen - Impressionism (Art) - 1988
- Exhibition held at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Conn., Sept.
1-Nov. 27, 1988.
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- Childe Hassam in Connecticut
- by Kathleen M. Burnside, Childe Hassam - Art - 1987 - 32 pages
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Greenwich Civic Center, Old Greenwich,
Conn., and the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Conn., 1987-1988.
-
- The Lyme Historical Society Presents a Retrospective Exhibition
of the ...
- by Bruce Crane, Lyme Historical Society, Florence Griswold Museum -
Tonalism - 1984 - 31 pages
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- Bruce Crane (1857-1937): American Tonalist **
- by Bruce Crane, Charles Teaze Clark, Mary Muir - Art - 1984 - 31 pages
- Retrospective exhibition held at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old
Lyme, Conn., June 10-Sept. 9, 1984.
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- Old Lyme, the American Barbizon
- by Lyme Historical Society, Florence Griswold Museum - Landscape painting,
American - 1982 - 51 pages
- "Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Florence Griswold
Museum, June 6-August 29, 1982"--T.p. verso.
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- Clark G.Voorhees 1871-1933 **
- by Barbara J. MacAdam - Art - 1981 - 32 pages
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** as of 8/5/09 catalog essay(s) approved
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