A World Observed: The Art of Everett Longley Warner (1877-1963) By Helen K. Fusscas Softcover: 48 pages Publisher: Lyme Historical Society, Florence Griswold Museum (1992) ISBN: 978-1-880897-10-2 Product Size: .187 x 8.5 x 11 inches This catalogue was published to accompany a traveling exhibition of the same name. It began at the Florence Griswold Museum (June 6 – August 9, 1992), went to Westmoreland Museum of Art (August 30 – October 25, 1992) and ended at the Center Gallery of Bucknell University (November 16, 1992 – January 26, 1993). Everett Longley Warner was an artist whose life was devoted to the exploration of visual phenomena in the broadest possible terms.  During his singular career, he not only produced an impressive body of paintings, watercolors, and etchings, but he worked as an art critic; wrote persuasively about the science of perspective and optics as applied to such varied subjects as highway markings and gallery lighting; served his country during both world wars designing naval camouflage; and distinguished himself as a fine teacher. Features historic photos of Warner throughout his life along with 38 black and white images, and 10 full color plates.

Childe Hassam in Connecticut By Kathleen M. Burnside Softcover: 32 pages Publisher: Lyme Historical Society (1987) Product Size: 0.1 x 9 x 11.4 inches Between the late 1890s and the mid 1910s, Childe Hassam produced over 100 paintings, watercolors, pastels, and drawings of Connecticut landscapes. Regarded as the foremost impressionist chronicler of New England, Childe Hassam’s prolific body of work included evocative scenes from his time spent at the Holley House in Cos Cob and the Griswold House in Old Lyme. This catalogue accompanied a 1987 exhibition of Hassam’s work compiled by guest curator Kathleen M. Burnside. In her essay, Burnside presents a biographical timeline of Hassam’s life and work beginning with his 1880s studies of urban Boston and ending with his retirement to East Hampton, Long Island. Burnside also provides a comprehensive analysis of Hassam’s artistic influences, major works, techniques, and impressionist legacy. This catalogue includes 5 color plates and 10 black and white illustrations.

Flora/Fauna: The Naturalist Impulse in American Art  By Jennifer Stettler Parsons with essays by Ellery Foutch and Amy Kurtz Lansing $24.95­­ (cover image: Harry Hoffman, A Coral Cave) Softcover: 120 pages Publisher: Florence Griswold Museum ISBN-13: 978-1-880897-30-0 Product Size: .33 x 9 x 10.75 inches At the heart of the Florence Griswold Museum’s collection stands a tall mahogany chest containing twenty-eight drawers filled with treasures. The contents make up the naturalist collection preserved by the American Impressionist Willard Metcalf, who gathered many of his specimens during summer visits to Florence Griswold’s boardinghouse between 1905 and 1907. Inspired by the Museum’s extensive collection of his work, this exhibition places Metcalf’s dual practice of art-making and natural history within the larger context of American art history. Flora/Fauna surveys the history of artist-naturalists and environmentally-conscious artists in the United States from the dawn of the 19^th century through the mid-20^th century. Together, their works reveal the great diversity and evolution of the ‘naturalist impulse’—the artist’s interest in natural history—across time. Since the country’s founding, artists have participated in forging an American natural history as explorers, collectors, close observers, cataloguers, and early environmentalists. They originated, developed, and challenged notions of nature’s proper scientific and aesthetic representation, and then translated those concerns into fine art. Stemming from the Lyme Art Colony’s history, a large portion of this display emphasizes art produced in Connecticut. This vantage point is appropriate, for one of the main factors motivating urban artists’ visits to rural Connecticut was the opportunity to commune with nature, often at art colonies. This exhibition is a timely endeavor as we think about our role on this fragile planet, and what we leave for future generations. Works in the exhibition reveal how artistic production has corresponded with social developments in American history, from an early concern with establishing a national identity distinct from Europe; to reflecting Americans’ shifting philosophies on evolution and the human relationship to the environment; to the growth of the conservation movement in the United States.