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.
625 Williams Street, New London
- Lyman Allyn Art Museum
- Winslow Ames
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Winslow Ames was the founding director of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum.
- Beatrice Laving Cuming
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Cuming was director of educational programs at the museum from 1937 on.
- Roger Wilson Dennis
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Roger Wilson Dennis (1902-1996), a Norwich native, was known as an Impressionist-style painter who continued that tradition into the 20th century. He established and continued the Conservation department at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London.
- David Smalley
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David Smalley's sculpture is represented in the Lyman Allyn collections.
- Description of Significance/Historical Narrative
- The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is a community-based museum founded in 1932 by Harriet Upson Allyn in memory of her father, Lyman Allyn. The collection includes fine arts, furniture and decorative arts of Europe and America from the 17th through the 20th centuries. The Neo-Classical museum building was designed by Charles A. Platt.
- Date of Construction
- 1932
- Historic Designation(s)