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.
Richardson Wright
Journalism/Non-Fiction
1887 – 1961
- Biography/Description of Work
When Richardson Little Wright moved in 1914 with his wife Agnes Foster, an interior designer, to New York City, he became Editor of House and Garden. In 1924, the Wrights purchased property in New Canaan, Connecticut, in the Silvermine area, and used it as a summer home. After 36 years of dedicating his life to House and Garden, Wright retired in 1949. Under him, circulation increased from less than 10,000 to over 400,000 when he retired. He was also responsible for keeping the magazine going during the hard Depression years in the early 1930s. In 1961, Wright died at the age of 75.
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- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/08/07/101472167.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/New-Canaan-garden-documented-for-posterity-4990822.php
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