Purchase from the Museum

The American Artist in Connecticut:
The Legacy of the Hartford Steam Boiler Collection

Jeffrey W. Andersen and Hildegard Cummings. This 143-page catalogue includes an essay on the history of the Hartford Steam Boiler Collection and 51 color plates with notes on each of the artists. A final section of this volume displays half-tones of every work in this Collection recently donated in its entirety to the Florence Griswold Museum. 2002.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $29.95 (visit book store)

Lymes’ Heritage Cookbook

305-page book with more than 500 recipes by the area’s best cooks and chefs from well-known inns. Also special sections on bee-hive oven cooking, shad baking, and more. Illustrated with wood engravings by Thomas Nason. 1991.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $14.95 (visit book store)

Bruce Crane:
American Tonalist

Charles Clark and Mary Muir. Exhibition catalogue examining the life and work of this artist whose tonal and Impressionist paintings are much admired by collectors of American Art. 31 pages, 10 color and 19 b/w illustrations. 1984.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $10.00  (visit book store)

Connecticut Masters

Connecticut Masters provides a complete look at the exceptional collection of Connecticut art and furniture that was amassed by the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company. This 271-page hardcover volume features a color plate on nearly every page.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop  $?? (visit book store)

The Harmony of Nature:
The Art and Life of Frank Vincent DuMond (1865-1951)

A catalogue exploring DuMond’s role as a dean of American art education and as a painter. Accompanied the first comprehensive display of the artist’s work and includes two essays, one by Jeffrey W. Andersen and one by Charles B. Ferguson.
32 pages, 8 color and 26 b/w reproductions. 1990.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $10.00 (visit book store)

Hamburg Cove:
Past and Present

A 168-page book illustrated with maps, historical photos and an 8-page color insert on the art of Hamburg Cove. Multiple authors explore subjects including local families, boating traditions, flora and fauna, and the artists of Hamburg Cove. 1993.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $16.95 (visit book store)

Childe Hassam in Connecticut

Kathleen M. Burnside. Catalogue from a statewide exhibition displaying the work of Childe Hassam produced at the Holley House in Cos Cob. 32 pages, 5 color and 10 b/w illustrations. 1987.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $10.00 (visit book store)

Miss Florence and the Artists of Old Lyme

First-person reminiscences by artist Arthur Heming of the early days of the Lyme Art Colony. Full of humorous anecdotes and lively details.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $19.95 (visit book store)

Harry L. Hoffman:
A World of Color

Jeffrey W. Andersen. A book examining the life and work of an artist noted for his joie de vivre and for his versatility as an artist from winter views of New England to undersea paintings of the Bahamas. 89 pages, 29 color & 40 b/w illustrations with unique color frontispiece on vellum. 1988.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:

$14.00 (softcover) / $19.00 (hardcover) (visit book store)

Wilson Irvine and the Poetry of Light

Exhibition catalogue with essay by Professor Harold Spencer and many color illustrations from this major retrospective and reexamination of the work of Wilson Henry Irvine. Emphasis is placed on his years as a member of the Lyme Art Colony and on his paintings made abroad, his years in Illinois and his prismatic paintings and aquaprints. 1998.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $19.95 (visit book store)

The California Impressionists at Laguna

Jack Becker with an essay by William Gerdts. This exhibition catalogue includes an essay examining the elements that came together to create the numerous art colonies in America
and an essay comparing the art colonies at Laguna Beach, California and at Old Lyme, Connecticut which were founded on separate coasts in the same year. 40 pages, 24 color and 8 half tones.2000.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $15.95 (visit book store)

May Night:
Willard Metcalf at Old Lyme

This 144-page soft cover catalogue includes essays by Dr. Bruce W. Chambers, the Director of the Willard L. Metcalf Catalogue Raisonne Project, and by the Museum’s former Curator, Amy Ellis. Catalogue entries by the Museum’s recently appointed Curator of American Art, Dr. Emily M. Florentino, focus on Metcalf’s Old Lyme pictures. May Night offers new scholarship that re-evaluates Metcalf’s place in the history of American Art. Produced to accompany the exhibition, May Night: Willard Metcalf at Old Lyme

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $29.95 (visit book store)

Thomas W. Nason:
New England Virtues Aged in Wood

Charles Price. 61-page catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the pastoral, copper wood engravings of Thomas Willoughby Nason, one of America’s foremost printmakers during the 1930s and 1940s. The Griswold Museum owns an extensive collection of Nason’s art and the contents of his studio. 1993.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $13.95 (visit book store)

A Noble Tradition:
American Painting from the National Arts Club

Carol Lowrey. Catalogue from an exhibition of important early 20th century paintings rarely seen outside the opulent National Arts Club, New York City. Painters include Robert Henri, Ernest Blumenschein, William McGregor Paxton and Old Lyme artists such as Guy Wiggins and Frank Bicknell. 1995.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $14.00 (visit book store)

Faces of Change:
The Art of Ivan G. Olinsky (1878-1962)

This is a 32-page catalogue from the exhibition seen at the William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut at Storrs and at the Florence Griswold Museum. The catalogue features the figurative work for which Olinsky was noted as well as several of his luminous Venetian scenes. 9 color plates and 21 b/w illustrations.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $14.00 (visit book store)

The Connecticut Impressionists at Old Lyme

Portfolio of twelve reproductions from the Museum’s collection.
Size 11 x 14”. Ready for framing. 1982.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $12.95 (visit book store)

Henry Ward Ranger and the Humanized Landscape

64-page catalogue from a retrospective exhibition honoring the colony’s founder. Ranger was one of the nation’s leading landscape painters and an active participant in the emerging art world of turn-of-the-century New York. Included are essays by former Griswold Museum curator Jack Becker and by conservators Lance Mayer and Gay Myers about the techniques used by Ranger. 16 color plates and 19 b/w illustrations. 1999.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $19.95 (visit book store)

The Lieutenant River

Susan H. Ely and Elizabeth B. Plimpton. 71-page book telling the history of the tributary of the Connecticut River that bordered the Griswold property and was for many years the center of the agricultural, industrial, and residential life of Old Lyme. Includes text, maps, and historical photos. 1991.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $10.95 (visit book store)

Edward F. Rook (1870-1960) American Impressionist

Diane Fischer. Catalogue from first retrospective exhibition examining the artist’s highly individual paintings and eccentric personality. 31 pages, 7 color and 16 b/w illustrations. 1987.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $10.00 (visit book store)

Vonnoh, Fehrer and Higgins:
Three Artists of Pleasant Valley

7-page, multi-fold, guide to the exhibition of the work of Robert Vonnoh, Oscar Fehrer, and Eugene Higgins. Contains biographical notes, maps, and photos. 1991.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $3.00 (visit book store)

A World Observed:
The Art of Everett Longley Warner (1877-1963)

Helen Fusscas. Fully illustrated, 48-page catalogue from the traveling retrospective of the work of Everett Warner. Warner painted and etched in New York and Old Lyme, and his work is represented in numerous museum collections including the Griswold. 1992.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $14.00 (visit book store)

The Freedom Business:
Connecticut Landscapes through the Eyes of Venture Smith

Marilyn Nelson with Anne Farrow, David D.J. Rau, and Jeffrey Andersen. This 32-page catalogue features 14 original poems paired with paintings from the Museum’s collection that retell the remarkable life of Venture Smith, a slave who purchased his as well as his family’s freedom during the 18th century. 2006.

Available through the Florence Griswold Museum Shop:  $15.95 (visit book store)