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 V. Saliske
Painting/Drawing
1909 – 1988
Abstract Expressionism
- Biography/Description of Work
Painter. Married to artist James H. P. Conlon. She studied with Albertus Jones and Cornelia C. Vetter. She was a member of the Hartford Society of Women Painters and the Association of Connecticut Artists. She exhibited with the Hartford Society of Women Painters in 1937 and 1939 and also with the Connecticut Academy of Fine Art. For a time, like her husband, was known for painting views of the Long Island shoreline, but later she turned to Abstract Expressionism.
- Sources view
- Uconn database, Falk99 and Connart files. See Conlon.
- Associated Resource(s)
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