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.
Frances Laughlin Wadsworth
Sculpture
1909 – 1978
- Biography/Description of Work
A Buffalo New York native, Frances Laughlin studied art in Europe under several famous sculptors. After her marriage to Robert Wadsworth, a descendant of Daniel Wadsworth, artist, patron and founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum, she moved to Hartford. Her sculpting style was quite traditional as evidenced by many works in the Hartford area, including a statue of Thomas Hooker at the Old State House, ‘Safe Arrival’ in Tower Square, downtown, a children’s memorial at the West Hartford Methodist Church, and Alice Cogswell at the corner of Asylum and Farmington Avenues. In the 1930s, Wadsworth became one of about forty teachers of art as therapy at the Institute for Living.
- Sources view
- DePauw, Karen. Frances Laughlin Wadsworth: Sculpting the Past. http://connecticuthistory.org/frances-laughlin-wadsworth-sculpting-the-past/ http://wnpr.org/post/frances-laughlin-wadworth-sculpting-past
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