Artists by Name

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• Caddell, Foster

  Foster Caddell

  1921 – 2013

  Represented in the collection of the Slater Museum, Norwich.

• Cadmus, Paul

  Paul Cadmus

  1904 – 1999

• Calder, Alexander

  Alexander Calder

  1898 – 1976

  Alexander Calder was a renowned sculptor who focused on monumental steel structures. He invented and developed new forms called stabiles and mobiles which can be seen throughout the world. Although he is today mostly remembered for his large steel structures, he also painted, designed and made his own jewelry, and carved wood figures. Calder was often found in his studio tinkering with everyday objects and creating art out of anything he found lying around.

• Caldwell, Erskine

  Erskine Caldwell

  1903 – 1987

• Caples, John

  John Caples

  1900 – 1990

• Casson, Mel

  Mel Casson

  1920 – 2008

• Catton, Bruce

  Bruce Catton

  1899 – 1978

• Cerf, Bennett

  Bennett Cerf

  1898 – 1971

• Chamberlain, John

  John Chamberlain

  1927 – 2011

• Chandler, Elisabeth Gordon

  Elisabeth Gordon Chandler

  1913 – 2006

  Elisabeth Gordon Chandler is properly described as Renaissance woman who firmly but gently led by the example of her own principled life, and who shared with others her boundless generosity and dedication. She combined her career as an artist with the role of teacher and founder of the Lyme Academy where new generations of artists got their foundation training.

• Cheney, Russell

  Russell Cheney

  1881 – 1945

  American Impressionist who studied under William Merritt Chase, Cheney was allied with painters of “The Eight” or “Ash Can School” during the 1930s and exhibited in Chicago, New York, and Hartford. His canvas subjects were landscapes, portraits, still lifes and interiors.

• Chernow, Burt

  Burt Chernow

  1933 – 1997

  An art teacher, Chernow was responsible for founding the Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection in 1964 with the sole purpose of circulating works through the town’s public school system to make art available to all students.

• Coates, Robert

  Robert Coates

  1897 – 1973

• Cochrane, Josephine Granger

  Josephine Granger Cochrane

  1864 – 1953

• Coffin, Marian Cruger

  Marian Cruger Coffin

  1876 – 1957

  One of the leading women landscape architects of the early twentieth century. The grounds at Springbank are an exceptionally well-preserved and documented expression of the smaller residential landscapes that were her specialty in the later half of her distinguished career. Although she rose to prominence in the 1920s as a designer of major country estates, most notably Winterthur, the Henry Francis du Pont residence in Delaware, with these suburban gardens, Coffin made professional landscape design, once the exclusive province of the wealthy, available to a wider audience. As can be demonstrated, the garden at Springbank relied on the same design principles that Coffin espoused throughout her career and popularized through her publications (Cunningham).

• Conlon, James H.P.

  James H.P. Conlon

  1894 – 1962

• Connellan, Leo

  Leo Connellan

  1928 – 2001

• Cottingham, Robert

  Robert Cottingham

  1935 –

  Cottingham is considered a Photo Realist painter.

• Covelli, Vito

  Vito Covelli

  1882 – 1958

  Work in the collection of Lyman Allyn Museum, Museum of CT History.

• Covey, Arthur

  Arthur Covey

  1877 – 1960

• Cowley, Malcolm

  Malcolm Cowley

  1898 – 1989

• Cox, George R.

  George R. Cox

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• Crane, Alexander

  Alexander Crane

  1904 – 1953

  Watercolor and weaving

• Cronyn, Hume

  Hume Cronyn

  1911 – 2003

• Cross, Wilbur Lucius

  Wilbur Lucius Cross

  1862 – 1948

  Literary critic, academic writer, governor of Connecticut.

• Cuming, Beatrice Laving

  Beatrice Laving Cuming

  1903 – 1974

  A WPA artist whose work was allocated to state institutions - hospitals, sanitoriums, schools - throughout Connecticut

• Curry, Helen

  Helen Curry

  1896 – 1931

• Curry, Thomas Albert Jr.

  Thomas Albert Jr. Curry

  1900 – 1976

• Curry, John Steuart

  John Steuart Curry

  1897 – 1946

• Cutter, Elizabeth Lane (Mrs. John Dix)

  Elizabeth Lane (Mrs. John Dix) Cutter

  1892 – 1990