Artists by Name

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• Sage, Kay

  Kay Sage

  1898 – 1963

• Saling, Paul E.

  Paul E. Saling

  1876 – 1936

  WPA

• Saliske, Helen V.

  Helen V. Saliske

  1909 – 1988

  Abstract Expressionism

• Salter, Stefan

  Stefan Salter

  1907 – 1985

• Scarrozzo, Joseph

  Joseph Scarrozzo

  1916 – 2019

  WPA artist.

• Scarry, Richard, and Patsy

  Richard, and Patsy Scarry

  1919 – 1994

• Scully, Vincent J.

  Vincent J. Scully

  1920 – 2017

  According to Chris Wigren in the 2025 NR nomination of the Vincent J. and Susannah K. Scully house:

  “As an architectural historian, author, teacher, critic, and theorist, Scully influenced the development of American architecture in the second half of the twentieth century. Scully’s thinking evolved over the years, expanding from consideration of individual buildings to the place of architecture in the larger built and natural environment. Initially a promoter of Modernism, Scully came to question many of its tenets, particularly regarding urban planning, becoming a vocal supporter of New Urbanist design and the historic preservation movement.”

  “[T]wo themes ran through much of his work beginning in the early1950s. The first is his definition of architecture as encompassing all of the built environment, including the relationship of buildings to their natural surroundings… [T]he second ongoing theme of Scully’s career: the interrelationship of history and present-day architecture.”

  “Scully’s first wife, Nancy [aka Susannah], played an important role in [Scully’s] early career. At the time of their wedding, she was studying art history at Wellesley College. She left college upon her marriage, but their sons attribute Scully’s decision to study art history at least in part to Nancy’s suggestion. In his first book, The Shingle Style, Scully acknowledged her help in taking photographs, criticizing the text, and “...otherwise assist[ing] in numberless ways.” Most importantly, Scully credited her with inspiring him to view buildings as part of the larger built and natural environment, which would become a defining characteristic of his thinking.”

• Sendak, Maurice

  Maurice Sendak

  1928 – 2012

• Seton, Anya

  Anya Seton

  1904 – 1990

• Sexton, Frederick Lester

  Frederick Lester Sexton

  1889 – 1975

  Regionalist

• Shepherd, J. Clinton

  J. Clinton Shepherd

  1888 – 1975

  Well known illustrator in the early decades of the twentieth century, Shepherd was part of the movement of artists and intellectuals to the Fairfield County suburbs. For a time he was a sculptor of bronzes, and later in life a painter and art gallery owner.

• Shinn, Everett

  Everett Shinn

  1876 – 1953

  Shinn was an American realist painter and member of the Ashcan School. He was also a member of ‘The Eight,’ a group of artists who rebelled against the traditional and conservative movements favored by the National Academy of Design and captured urban life at the beginning of the twentieth century. He lived in Roxbury in the 1940s.

• Shrady, Frederick Charles

  Frederick Charles Shrady

  1907 – 1990

  Religious sculptor whose works in Connecticut include the 1959 ‘Crucifix’ at the main entrance to All Saints Catholic School in Norwalk and the 1967 ‘Triad, Holy Family’ at the former General Electric headquarters in Fairfield.

• Shulman, Max

  Max Shulman

  1919 – 1988

• Sillman, Sewell

  Sewell Sillman

  1921 – 1992

  Sillman’s own work includes sinuous ink ‘wave’ drawings from the 1950s and 1960s, suggestive of undulating natural shapes; bold and vibrant paintings of the late-1950s that explore the complexity of geometrical forms and the effect of color; ‘portal’ paintings of the 1960s that expand on the use of color; and, from the late-1970s onwards, watercolors and pen and ink drawings of an increasing size that distill much of the earlier paintings into simple and graceful works of precision and light.

• Simenon, Georges

  Georges Simenon

  1903 – 1989

  Simenon found his “dream” home in Lakeville, Connecticut, at Shadow Rock Farm, and lived there from 1950 to 1955. Some say that his best writing occurred in the ten years he spent in North America.

• Simmons, Adelma Grenier

  Adelma Grenier Simmons

  1903 – 1997

  Known as ‘The First Lady of Herbs,’ Adelma Grenier Simmins owned and operated Caprilands Herb Farm in Coventry, Connecticut for over 55 years and wrote many books and articles on the uses of herbs.

• Sizer, Theodore

  Theodore Sizer

  1892 – 1967

  Administrator of the Works Progress Administration program in New Haven County during the 1930s, who designed the Yale University college coat of arms in 1963.

• Sloane, Eric

  Eric Sloane

  1910 – 1985

• Sloane Jr., T. O'Conor

  T. O'Conor Sloane Jr.

  1879 – 1963

• Smalley, David

  David Smalley

  1940 – 2015

  Smalley was a regionally significant sculptor and influential teacher at the fore-front of technology in use of computer-driven metal cutting and fabricating for sculpture.

• Smith, Tony

  Tony Smith

  1912 – 1980

• Smith, Winchell

  Winchell Smith

  1871 – 1933

  Early 20th-century playwright, best known for his most successful productions, Brewster’s Millions (1906) and Lightnin’ (1918).

• Smith, Red

  Red Smith

  1905 – 1982

• Snow, Charles Wilbert

  Charles Wilbert Snow

  1884 – 1977

• Soby, James Thrall

  James Thrall Soby

  –

  Modern art patron, advisor and curator at the Wadsworth Atheneum, author of scholarly art exhibit catalogs, and art critic.

• Soderberg, Yngve Edward

  Yngve Edward Soderberg

  1896 – 1972

  Soderberg was a member of the Mystic Art Association and an art teacher in the Mystic area. He also worked under the WPA art programs in the Depression period.

• Spencer, Ann Hunt

  Ann Hunt Spencer

  1914 – 1972

• Stahl, Benjamin Albert

  Benjamin Albert Stahl

  1910 – 1987

• Stavola, Jerome

  Jerome Stavola

  1904 – 1984

  WPA artist and social and political activist who opposed fascism.

• Steichen, Edward

  Edward Steichen

  1879 – 1973

  Steichen is considered a master of photography and created a new form of fashion photography during the early 20th-century. He experimented with color photography, and created Vogue’s first color magazine cover in 1932. And in 1947, he became the first curator of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art.

• Steig, William

  William Steig

  1907 – 2003

• Stein, Harve

  Harve Stein

  1904 – 1996

  Illustrator and educator, after living in New York City during his early professional career, Stein became a resident of the Groton area and taught at several colleges - Rhode Island School of Design, and Connecticut and Mitchell Colleges.

• Sternberg, Charlotte Joan

  Charlotte Joan Sternberg

  1920 – 2003

• Stevens, Wallace

  Wallace Stevens

  1879 – 1955

  Nationally significant Modernist poet.

• Stone, Grace Zaring

  Grace Zaring Stone

  1891 – 1991

  Novelist, whose work was translated to the screen, and who was part of the literary and intellectual circle of poet James Merrill.

• Stowe, Leland

  Leland Stowe

  1899 – 1994

• Styron, William

  William Styron

  1925 – 2006

  By exploring difficult historical and moral questions in his novels, Styron earned a place among the leading literary figures of the post-World War II generation and was a Pulitzer Prize winner. Early in his career, he was recognized as giving voice to southern culture like William Faulkner before him, as in “Lie Down in Darkness,” and throughout his work the themes he probed generated controversy.

• Sugarman, Tracy

  Tracy Sugarman

  1921 – 2013