All posts tagged "art colony"
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2.0KArts and LeisureSix More Artist Homes In New England
The creative spirit that moves people to sculpt and paint also tends to inspire an interesting artist home. Lucrative commissions in the...
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15.2K11Arts and LeisureMaxfield Parrish, A Mechanic Who Painted Fantastically
The landscape of Vermont and New Hampshire inspired Maxfield Parrish in 1922 to create the lush, romantic painting Daybreak. Daybreak became the...
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4.9K1ConnecticutThe Antis: Women Who Fought Against the Vote
In the late 19th century, women known as antis began to organize against women who wanted the right to vote. The antis...
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3.2K4New England PlacesSix Autumn Paintings of New England (And How They Look Today)
New England’s fall foliage inspires so much imagery we were pretty sure we could find six autumn paintings of New England. Then...
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11.8K2Connecticut6 Places That Became a Summer White House
The summer White House has been a feature of presidential life since John Adams returned to Quincy, Mass., to get away from...
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5.6K4Arts and LeisureChilde Hassam Paints What He Sees (And Oh, What He Saw)
Childe Hassam liked to paint without his shirt on, and sometimes beat his chest while at work. He was fun, energetic and...
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2.7K4Arts and LeisureJohn Henry Twachtman Paints the Connecticut Countryside
When John Henry Twachtman finished the painting of his home in Greenwich, Conn. (below), he was inspiring other American painters to adopt fresh,...
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2.8KArts and LeisureFlashback Photo: Witter Bynner, Bird Actor
[jpshare] Witter Bynner was an acclaimed author, poet and scholar who was pressed into service as a bird actor in 1913 by...
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3.0K8Arts and LeisureAmy Beach, Henniker’s Musical Prodigy
[jpshare]Amy Beach’s parents realized their daughter was a prodigy when she knew 40 songs at the age of one, sang countermelodies at...
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4.7K14Arts and LeisureHigh Thinking and Low Living in Old Lyme
Florence Griswold suffered reversals of fortune that, in the end, transformed her beautiful old Georgian home into the Old Lyme Art Colony,...
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