Artists by Name

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• Hare, David

  David Hare

  1917 – 1992

  Surrealist artist and among the early group of Abstract Impressionists admired for his early abstract sculptures. His years living in Roxbury during the 1930s informed his aesthetic and was the beginning of relationships with important Modernist artists.

• Harris, Robert George

  Robert George Harris

  1911 – 2007

• Harvey, Alice

  Alice Harvey

  1894 – 1983

• Hauer, Erwin

  Erwin Hauer

  1926 – 2018

  Hauer was an early proponent of Modular Constructivism and an associate of sculptor Norman Carlberg (1928-2018). Like Carlberg, he was especially known for his minimalist, repetitive pieces in the 1950s and 1960s.

• Hawkes, Adeline

  Adeline Hawkes

  1887 – 1953

• Hayes, David

  David Hayes

  1931 – 2013

  Nationally known abstract sculptor whose former home and studio abound with his sculptures. The David Hayes Foundation hopes to eventually open the property for the study of the artist’s work.

• Heath, Howard E.

  Howard E. Heath

  1879 – 1969

• Helck, Peter

  Peter Helck

  1893 – 1988

• Held, Jr., John

  John Held, Jr.

  1889 – 1958

  Cartoons, ads and posters epitomized the spirit of the Jazz Age (1920s).

• Henderson, Lyle Cedric (Skitch)

  Lyle Cedric (Skitch) Henderson

  1918 – 2005

  During Henderson’s ownership of the Hine and Buckingham farmstead properties, he founded and conducted the New York Pops which performed at Carnegie Hall beginning in 1983. But he and his wife had already dedicated themselves to preserving and reusing the buildings on the farm, creating “The Silo,” a renowned store, art gallery, and cooking school which they operated from 1972 to 2005. Throughout the complex could be found pieces from Henderson’s extensive collections, which ranged from musical archives and instruments, such as a Steinway studio grand piano signed by four Steinways, to toys and model airplanes, to farm tools. In 2003 the couple co-founded the Hunt Hill Farm Trust with the goal of preserving the farm and their collection of Americana and antiques in a living museum setting.

• Hendricks, Barkley L.

  Barkley L. Hendricks

  1945 – 2017

  African American painter known for his life size portraits of people of color.

• Hiller, Louis

  Louis Hiller

  1848 – 1923

• Hirshhorn, Joseph

  Joseph Hirshhorn

  1899 – 1981

• Hitchcock, Henry-Russell

  Henry-Russell Hitchcock

  1903 – 1987

• Hodgins, Eric

  Eric Hodgins

  1899 – 1971

• Hokinson, Helen

  Helen Hokinson

  1893 – 1949

• Holden, Raymond James

  Raymond James Holden

  1901 – 1993

  WPA artist and illustrator.

• Hollander, John

  John Hollander

  1929 – 2013

  An award winning modern poet, Hollander taught at Connecticut College and Yale University and lived in Woodbridge beginning in the 1950s.

• Holmes, John Clellon

  John Clellon Holmes

  1926 – 1988

• Holtzman, Harry

  Harry Holtzman

  1912 – 1987

  Abstract painter and educator from 1930s on; significant for association with Piet Mondrian.

• Horgan, Paul

  Paul Horgan

  1903 – 1995

  Horgan had a long academic relationship with Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He served variously as a Fellow and Director, Center for Advanced Studies (now the Center for Humanities) from its founding in 1959, as adjunct professor of English, and was permanent author-in-residence in his later years.

• Horsfall, Carolyn Sarah

  Carolyn Sarah Horsfall

  1901 – 1988

• Hubbell, Patricia

  Patricia Hubbell

  1928 – 2022

• Hungerford, Marian Winslow

  Marian Winslow Hungerford

  1896 – 2000

  Locally prominent artist and a grand-daughter of George R. Post who was the first owner of the carriage barn that became the home of the New Britain Art League, founded in 1928.

• Hunter, Evan

  Evan Hunter

  1926 – 2005

• Huntington, Anna Hyatt

  Anna Hyatt Huntington

  1876 – 1973

  Huntington was an internationally renowned sculptor whose work is displayed in hundreds of museums and public spaces throughout the world. Furthermore, as other artists of the area, the Huntingtons retreated to the rural areas of Fairfield County to escape fast paced New York City.

• Huntley, Victoria

  Victoria Huntley

  1900 – 1971

• Hutchens, Frank Townsend

  Frank Townsend Hutchens

  1869 – 1924

  Early member of the Silvermine artist community, Hutchens was a landscape artist and portrait painter instrumental in the development of Silvermine.