Upcoming Exhibits

A Good Light: The Artist’s Studio in Cos Cob and Beyond

Mrs. Holley of Cos Cob by Childe Hassam

October 5, 2012 to February 3, 2013

To celebrate the restoration of the room in Bush-Holley House that served at various times as the studio of Childe Hassam, John Twachtman, and Elmer MacRae, the Greenwich Historical Society will present an exhibition exploring the changing concept of the artist’s studio. Representations of an American art student’s Parisian garret, William Merritt Chase’s opulent Tenth Street studio in New York, Dorothy Ochtman’s view of her father, Leonard, in the studio they shared in their Cos Cob home, and the repurposed farm sheds used by artists in Old Lyme: these and other paintings will suggest the wide range of spaces in which turn-of-the-century artists worked and provide a cultural context for the restored studio. In addition, an overview of Hassam’s work in Cos Cob will reveal how his working methods compared with those of his contemporaries.