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.
Helen Hokinson
Comic Art
1893 – 1949
- Biography/Description of Work
Early cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, contributing to a July 1924 issue. She drew heftig society women in their milieu of private clubs, art galleries, beauty parlors and resorts, and called them ‘My Best Girls.’ Other staff wrote captions for her work, not an uncommon practice at the time. Hokinson lived in Westport.
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