Property News · March 15, 2017

The Connecticut garden that inspired American impressionist painters


Florence Griswold’s house and garden, now a museum, has barely changed since the turn of the 20th century when artists escaped here to paint outside, says the director of a new film on American impressionismIt doesn’t take long to see why, at the start of the 20th century, artists were happy to jump on a shiny new train and flee the teeming cities of New York and Boston for a rather fine guesthouse in Old Lyme, Connecticut. On arrival, the guesthouse’s owner, Florence Griswold, would escort the artist in, sit them down and crack open a bottle of wine before escorting them, arm in arm, into the gardens. And what beautiful gardens they were – and continue to be. The 13-acre grounds overlook the lovely Lieutenant river, where many artists would have set up their easels Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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