Florence Griswold House and Museum Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA

Description

From 1900 to 1915, Florence Griswold's house was one of the country's most important art colonies, and served as the center for American Impressionism. Among the many painters who stayed at the Late-Georgian house were Henry Ward Ranger, Louis Paul Dresser, Carleton Wiggins, William Henry Howe, Bruce Crane, Frank Vincent DuMond, Clark Voorhees, Henry Rankin Poore, Allen B. Talcott, Lewis Cohen, and Henry C. White. Miss Griswold, beginning a new life at age 49, provided shelter and a social cente