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.
T. O'Conor Sloane Jr.
Photography
1879 – 1963
- Biography/Description of Work
A professional photographer hired by the Westport organizers of the WPA to document one hundred images of old homes in town, Sloane had moved to Westport by 1931. A former research assistant at Columbia University, he had began to pursue his passion around 1900, and exhibited in 1902 with amateur artistic photographers at the Camera Club of New York. He was an original member of the Photo Secession movement of photographers who promoted their work as fine art. Sloane remained active until the 1940s.
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