The American Artist in Connecticut:
The Legacy of the Hartford Steam Boiler Collection

Introduction
Portraiture
Discovering the Connecticut Landscape
Still Life & Genre
Connecticut & American Impressionism
The Cos Cob Art Colony
Mystic, Silvermine, & Beyond
The Art Colony at Old Lyme

About The Hartford Steam Boiler Collection

Home to Florence Griswold Museum

Mystic, Silvermine, & Beyond : 3

Artists also gathered in Westport, Norwalk, Darien, Wilton, Essex, Kent, and other towns. Trains had helped establish the art colonies at Cos Cob, Old Lyme, and Mystic. When automobiles became common, Connecticut’s art colonies developed into much larger art associations, which grew up in cities and towns throughout the state and did not need a core of artist residents in order to thrive. >next (The Art Colony at Old Lyme)

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