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.
Charlotte Fuller Eastman
Education/Curation, Painting/Drawing
1878 – 1965
- Biography/Description of Work
Born in Norwichtown, Charlotte Fuller studied at the Norwich Art School, Art Students League, Boston Museum School of Fine Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy and in Paris at Academy Colarossi. She married Guy Warner Eastman in 1904, but became a widow shortly thereafter in 1907, and returned to Norwich and her alma mater. Eastman was a substitute teacher from 1909 to 1911, and head of school from 1912 until her retirement in 1943. Like other teachers and administrators at the school, she was a working artist and thus acted as a role model for students. Having lived at 2 Canterbury Turnpike since c.1910, in 1957 she moved nearby to 20 Coit Lane. Her work is represented in the collections of the Slater Memorial Museum.
- Sources view
- Norwich Free Academy, Slater Memorial Museum http://www.slatermuseum.org/uploaded/Slater_Museum_Files/Newsletters/Slater_Newsletter_Winter_2011.pdf
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