Florence Griswold And Old Lyme: Painting Analysis

Painting is a form of art used by artist to express and describe the views of the world through their eyes. Florence Griswold helped many artist to follow their dreams of painting and also make a name for themselves. Griswold turned her home in Old Lyme into a boarding house for artist to come and stay as long as they wanted. Most artist came at the beginning of spring and stayed until early fall, although there were a few artist that stayed during the winter to paint as well. When artists stayed at the boarding house they were able to see a new perspective towards paintings of nature and landscapes, since they were in more of a country style perspective. The artists began painting supplementary pictures of nature and landscapes, for example Griswold’s garden was a popular place artists choose to paint. The beautiful flowers and river in the back yard were absolutely eye catching. Florence Griswold’s house has been turned into an exhibition space in order to show off the pieces of art work that …show more content…
There is a separate museum building from the actual house. In the house the downstairs represents what the house looked like during the boarding years. The house is very unique in the fact that the artist were requested to paint on the doors and wall panels. This became a unique tradition for each artist that spent a considerable amount of their time at the boarding house. The upstairs of the house is organized so that each bedroom is a gallery room. Each bedroom is separated by the style of work displayed in the rooms, whether it is an impressionist or toniest piece. A separate gallery building was added in the back of the house to display more art pieces that artists sent to the Florence Griswold Museum. An artist I recognized at the museum was J. Alden Weir, whose piece is called A Voice of Roses, done with pastel on paper. One of the artist that visited Florence Griswold’s house was Will Howe Foote who was only twenty-seven years old at the time of