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.
Caroline van Hook Bean
Painting/Drawing
1879 – 1980
- Biography/Description of Work
A graduate of Smith College, Bean studied with John Singer Sargent, at the National Academy of Design under Williams Merritt Chase and with Robert Henri of the emerging Ash Can School. Active in the New York art scene from 1905 to 1921, at the end of World War I, she received critical attention for her series ‘New York in Wartime.’ Bean has been called the last of the Impressionists.
- Sources view
- http://www.spanierman.com/Bean,-Caroline-Van-Hook/bio/thumbs/biography, http://www.carolinevanhookbean.com/
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