by Meryl Ann | Jul 3, 2022 | American Impressionists, Willard Metcalf
Florence Griswold’s Connecticut boarding house (now the Florence Griswold Museum) was the nucleus of the “Old Lyme Art Colony” in the early 20th century. American Impressionists who spent time painting there in the summers include Ellen Axson Wilson,...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 26, 2022 | American Impressionists, Mary Cassatt, Mary Cassatt
One of the reasons I had planned visits to the New Britain Museum of American Art and the Wadsworth Atheneum (both in CT) was to see their works by Mary Cassatt, which I had been eager to see for many years…but neither museum had her work currently on display!...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 23, 2022 | American Impressionists, Women Artists
Here’s a stunning double portrait which I viewed at the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, CT, today. “Immigrant from Checo Slovacia” [sic], ca. 1921-22, is by American Impressionist, Martha Walter (1875-1976), (Oil on board.) Martha is known for...
