Lyme Impressionist Painter Roger Dennis

One oil entitled Afternoon Light is available from the late Roger W. Dennis (1902-1996). He was a native son of New London County & often referred to as "our link with the best of the past." He was a young artist in the 1920 's when the Lyme Art Colony flourished, & encouraged by many of the pioneer American Impressionist painters. The area was the birth of the American Impresionist movement. Frank Bicknell & George Bruestle were among his first teachers. He painted with Will Howe Foote, Charles Ebert, Guy Wiggins, Harry Hoffman, Thomas Nason, Nelson C. White, all part of the Impressionist "school" of painters in Old Lyme. He was a member of the Lyme Art Assoc. for more than 50 years, and served on the "Hanging Committee" for the exhibits along with Gregory Smith, Will Chadwick, Fred Sexton & others. Picture is 12x16. The artistic community in Old Lyme centered around the Florence Griswold mansion (now the Florence Griswold Museum) and the Lyme Art Association. Download RogerDennis