{"id":4680,"date":"2012-11-04T21:42:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T02:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4680"},"modified":"2012-11-04T21:43:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T02:43:35","slug":"sunday-visit-florence-griswold-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4680","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY VISIT TO THE FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nature rewarded the North East with a splendid warm sunny day today. Many leaves still on the trees despite recent events.The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flogris.org\">Florence Griswold Museum <\/a>in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_Lyme,_Connecticut\">Old Lyme<\/a>, CT,has long been one of my favorite places. Considered the home of American Impressionism on the north bank of the\u00a0Lieutenant River. We have watched it over the last 40 years evolve in a thoughtful way. Never abandoning it&#8217;s being. Henry Ward Ranger, Childe Hassam, William Chadwick, Willard Metcalf, Henry Rankin Poore, Will Howe Foote, and others were the clan that was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.florencegriswoldmuseum.org\/learning\/foxchase\/html\/school_lyme_intro.php\">Old Lyme School<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4680 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152548.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152548-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152548-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152548-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4681'>\n\t\t\t\tFLORENCE GRISWOLD HOUSE FACADE\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152591.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152591-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152591-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152591-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4682'>\n\t\t\t\tMAIN HALL OF TH GRISWOLD HOUSE\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152614.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152614-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152614-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152614-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4683'>\n\t\t\t\tTHE DINING ROOM, MY FAVORITE\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152663.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152663-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152663-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152663-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4684'>\n\t\t\t\tTHE PORCH, BY WILLIAM CHADWICK\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152687.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152687-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"FLORENCE GRISWOLD AT 53\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152687-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152687-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4685'>\n\t\t\t\tFLORENCE GRISWOLD AT 53\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152692.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152692-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152692-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/griswold-house-11-4-12-152692-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4686'>\n\t\t\t\tVIEW OF THE LIEUTENANT RIVER\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Dining room, as you can see from the photo, is covered with paintings, The group would critique each other. having contests in which the painters had to produce a painting in one hour and then be judged by their peers.The winner would paint a panel in the dining room. There remains a hearty warm charm today, I believe. If you are driving on route 95 it is not to be missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nature rewarded the North East with a splendid warm sunny day today. Many leaves still on the trees despite recent events.The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, CT,has long been one of my favorite places. Considered the home of American Impressionism on the north bank of the\u00a0Lieutenant River. We have watched it over the last &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4680\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SUNDAY VISIT TO THE FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489],"tags":[1490,2529,2608],"class_list":["post-4680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florence-griswold-museum","tag-american-impressionism","tag-art","tag-florence-griswold-museum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4680"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4689,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680\/revisions\/4689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}