Editing Old Lyme, Connecticut (section)

== Old Lyme Art Colony ==

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The [[Florence Griswold]] House in Old Lyme housed an [[art colony]] for many years in the early 20th century to many prominent [[American Impressionism|American Impressionist painters]].  The Lyme Art Colony included [[Childe Hassam]], [[Edward Charles Volkert]], [[Willard Metcalf]], [[Wilson Irvine]], and [[Henry Ward Ranger]], among many others.  These artists made Old Lyme a thriving art community, which still continues today.

The Griswold House was transformed into an art museum, the [[Florence Griswold Museum]], or affectionately called "Flo Gris", by residents of Old Lyme.  Many American Impressionist paintings of the era are of subjects in and around the Griswold House and are featured in the museum, along with many other works and personal possessions of the artists who frequented there.  The building of the [[Old Lyme Congregational Church]] is known for the many paintings that have been made of it, most notably by Childe Hassam.