{"id":48202,"date":"2017-03-15T22:06:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T15:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-connecticut-garden-that-inspired-american-impressionist-painters\/"},"modified":"2017-03-15T22:28:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T15:28:07","slug":"the-connecticut-garden-that-inspired-american-impressionist-painters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-connecticut-garden-that-inspired-american-impressionist-painters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Connecticut garden that inspired American impressionist painters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFlorence Griswold\u2019s 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\u2019t 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\u2019s 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 \u2013 and continue to be. The 13-acre grounds overlook the lovely Lieutenant river, where many artists would have set up their easels Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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