Tropical Inspirations
Title: Rachel and Friends
Artist: Chet Reneson (American b. 1934)
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Dimensions: 14 x 20 inches
Collection of Chet and Penny Reneson
Image Courtesy: Florence Griswold Museum
Warm Winds:
Connecticut Artists in the Tropics
Florence Griswold Museum
August 2 – October 5, 2008
Title: Pink House, Bermuda,
Artist: Mary Roberts Ebert (American 1873-1956)
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Bartels, 1978.7.156
Image Courtesy: Florence Griswold Museum
Winslow Homer an Frederic Church were not the only American artists drawn to the tropics. Beautiful
light, gorgeous landscape: hardly surprising that inspiration followed.
Church and Homer and their visits to Florida, Bermuda and the Caribbean found favor with
the Connecticut based artists of the American Impressionist Movement.
Title: Sponge Fishing, Florida, 1929
Artist: Reynolds Beal (Amercian 1867-1951)
Medium: Etching on Paper
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph F. Besier
Image Courtesy: Florence Griswold Museum
Harry Hoffman, Charles and Mary Ebert, Will Howe Foote, Clark Voorhees, and
William Chadwick all traveled south, sometimes in one another's company and painted
what they saw.
Title: Ray, 2004
Artist: Judy Cotton (American b. 1941)
Medium: Encaustic and Acrylic on Paper
Collection of Judy Cotton and Yale Kneeland
Image Courtesy: Florence Griswold Museum
The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut presents
Warm Winds: Connecticut Artists in the Tropics to explore the
appeal of year round painting, extensive subject matter and simplicity of life
offered by warmer climates.
Warm Winds: Connecticut Artists in the Tropics
Florence Griswold Museum:
August 2 – October 5, 2008
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