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The Florence Griswold Museum is an art museum at 96 Lyme Street in Old Lyme, Connecticut centered on the home of Florence Griswold (1850–1937), which was the center of the Old Lyme Art Colony, a main nexus of American Impressionism. The museum is noted for its collection of American Impressionist paintings.
Florence Ann Griswold (December 25, 1850 – December 6, 1937) was a resident of Old Lyme, Connecticut, United States who became the nucleus of the "Old Lyme Art Colony" in the early 20th century. Her home has since been made into the Florence Griswold Museum , a National Historic Landmark .
The Griswold House was transformed into an art museum, the Florence Griswold Museum, or affectionately called "Flo Gris", by residents of Old Lyme. Many American Impressionist paintings of the era are of subjects in and around the Griswold House and are featured in the museum, along with many other works and personal possessions of the artists ...
In 1997, a footbridge linking Florence Griswold Museum and LAA was built, a project proposed by the museum. [66] In 2002 LAA held a centennial exhibition to commemorate the first exhibition at the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library in 1902. 130 early works of 76 of the early members were displayed along with work by current members.
Florence Griswold Museum: Old Lyme: New London: Art: Noted for its collection of American Impressionist paintings, collections include fine art, sculpture, works on paper, artist's studio material, toys and dolls, ceramics, furniture, textiles, decorative arts and historic artifacts Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park: Groton: New London: Military
Church at Old Lyme, Childe Hassam, 1905. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. May Night, Willard Metcalf, 1906. Ranger began his American equivalent to the French Barbizon school, a similar seasonal retreat from less bucolic communities, in the modest boarding house of Florence Griswold, bringing fellow artists Lewis Cohen, Henry Rankin Poore, Louis Paul Dessar, and William Henry Howe ...
May Night was the centerpiece of a 2005 exhibition of Metcalf's works at the Florence Griswold Museum. [7] Concurrently, an eponymously titled song was featured in a musical inspired by Florence Griswold. [7]
The Griswold Historical Society Museum is located on the second floor of the Slater Library. [4] The museum's displays illustrate life in New England during the 18th and 19th centuries, and are themed around a farmer's workshop, a kitchen, school and children's playthings. The museum is open on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month in the ...