With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Larry Aldrich
Patronage
1906 – 2001
- Biography/Description of Work
A fashion designer professionally, Aldrich was also an art collector. The women’s clothing firm he started in 1927 was very successful, and with his wife who was herself an artist, he began watching and the contemporary art scene In New York City. They purchased a home on Nod Road in Ridgefield in 1939, but by 1960 could not longer fit their art collection. In 1964, he founded the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield on property bought on Main Street the prior year.
- Sources view
- http://jackfsanders.tripod.com/A-F.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Aldrich, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_Contemporary_Art_Museum, http://acorn-online.net/acornonline/obits/aldrich.htm, http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/30/arts/larry-aldrich-who-founded-art-museum-dies-at-95.html, http://www.aldrichart.org/ Larry Aldrich Article - New York Times - 1961-5-26, Larry Aldrich Article - New York Times - 1963-10-27, Larry Aldrich Article - New York Times - 1986-4-27, Larry Aldrich Obituary - New York Times - 2001-10-30
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