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.
Nathaniel Stanton Little
Painting/Drawing
1893 – 1971
Illustrator and WPA artist who completed more than twenty oil paintings allocated to the Mystic Oral School among other places.
- Biography/Description of Work
Montana native Nat Little moved east to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. There he met fellow student and sculptor Gladys Bates. After studying at the Art Students League in New York, when he visited the Bates family in Mystic, he moved there himself to a house on Rowland Street. While many of his active years as a painter were spent in Mystic, he returned to Montana as an older man.
- Sources view
- Curbstones Clapboards & Cupolas: Four Self-guided Walking Tours. 1995. Mystic: Mystic River Historical Society. King, Noelle Warden. 2013. Mystic as Muse: 100 Years of Inspiration, Exhibit catalog. Mystic: Mystic Art Association, p. 72-73. Mystic Local Historic District inventory, accessed at http://lhdct.org/district/list/mystic-historic-district/P50 . New Deal Art Along the River. 2015. Exhibit at the Connecticut River Museum. Essex: Connecticut River Museum. Ransom, David F. 1979. Mystic River National Register Nomination No. 79002718. National Park Service. Town of Groton Assessor's Records & GIS viewer: http://maps.groton-ct.gov/apps/GrotonViewer/ .
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