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Virtual Lecture: Tonalist Works in the Collection of the Florence Griswold Museum Amy Kurtz Lansing, Curator, Florence Griswold Museum
VirtualMany of the Tonalist artists included in the exhibition Dawn & Dusk: Tonalism in Connecticut frequented the artist’s colony established at Florence Griswold’s boarding house in Lyme, Connecticut – today the Florence Griswold Museum, recently rebranded as the “FloGris.” Paintings by Henry Ward Ranger and Allen Butler Talcott are on loan to the Fairfield University […]
Virtual Art in Focus:Robertson Mygatt, Edge of the Pond, ca. 1910
VirtualOur spring 2025 Art in Focus series begins with a piece from the new exhibition Dusk & Dawn: Tonalism in Connecticut! , or online via The Quick Live. About the Exhibition: This exhibition explores Tonalism in the United States from the 1880s to the early 20th century, through artists from the Northeast such as George […]
Livestream: Lecture: To See This Place: Awakening to Our Common Home
VirtualAbout the Exhibition: Environmental threats and climate change are urgent matters of concern at Jesuit universities, where conversations on this topic often take place in reference to two documents by Pope Francis: Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home (2015) and the 2023 update Laudate Deum. Artists play an indispensable role in our collective […]
Livestream: ‘To Paint without Paint’: Tonalism and Transcendence
Virtual2025 marks the double centenary of the birth of American artist George Inness (1825-1894), one of the premier landscape painters of the 19th century. Art historian Adrienne Bell, author of the 2015 George Inness and the Visionary Landscape, will discuss Inness’ relationship to the Tonalism movement on Tuesday, January 21 at 5 p.m. in the […]
Virtual Art in Focus: Maria Katharina Prestel, Triumph of Truth Over Envy
VirtualAll that glitters…is gold, in this case! Our final edition of Virtual Art in Focus this fall, takes a look at this extraordinary print by Maria Katherina Prestel. Prestel has only recently been rediscovered by print historians, as she worked for her husband, Johann Prestel, and his initials appear rather than hers on many of […]