Fox Chase

  • The Museum will be closed Sunday, April 9 in observance of Easter.

Let's Race Into The Past

One of the most celebrated works of art at the Florence Griswold Museum is the frieze-like painting titled The Fox Chase (1905) created by Henry Rankin Poore.

Located in the dining room of the Griswold boardinghouse, the nearly 9-feet long panel depicts the members of the Lyme art colony in a mock fox hunt through the village of Old Lyme, Connecticut. Now, you can explore the history of the art colony by clicking on the people, places, and things found in the painting. Beginning with the boardinghouse for artists at the far right and ending with the fox at the far left, your journey down Lyme Street will introduce you to the key elements, ideas and artistic personalities that make the Lyme art colony a distinctive chapter in Connecticut art and history.


Fox Chase

Artists

Cluster of Artists

Cluster of Artists

Allen Butler Talcott

Allen Butler Talcott

Alphonse Jongers

Alphonse Jongers

Arthur Heming

Arthur Heming

Carleton Wiggins

Carleton Wiggins

Childe Hassam

Childe Hassam

Clark Voorhees

Clark Voorhees

Cullen Yates

Cullen Yates

Edward Rook

Edward Rook

Frank Bicknell

Frank Bicknell

Frank Vincent Dumond

Frank Vincent Dumond

George Bogert

George Bogert

Harry Hoffman

Harry Hoffman

Henry C. White

Henry C. White

Henry Rankin Poore

Henry Rankin Poore

Henry Ward Ranger

Henry Ward Ranger

Jules Turcas

Jules Turcas

Lewis Cohen

Lewis Cohen

Louis Paul Dessar

Louis Paul Dessar

Matilda Browne

Matilda Browne

Walter Griffin

Walter Griffin

Will Howe Foote

Will Howe Foote

Willard Metcalf

Willard Metcalf

William Henry Howe

William Henry Howe

William Robinson

William Robinson

Fox Chase

Animals

The Cat
The Cow
The Dog/Rock

The Dog/Rock

The Fox
The Pack of Dogs

The Pack of Dogs

Fox Chase

Painting Tools

Canvas/Wood Panel

Canvas/Wood Panel

Varnish, Oils, and Solvents

Varnish, Oils, and Solvents

Portable Studio

Portable Studio

Fox Chase

The Griswold House

Imagine Yourself As An Artist

Imagine Yourself As An Artist

Inside the Boardinghouse

Inside the Boardinghouse

Outside the Boardinghouse

Outside the Boardinghouse

Whos Who

Whos Who

Painted Panels

Painted Panels

Fox Chase

Miscellaneous

American Impressionism

American Impressionism

Focus on Howe's Ring Story

Focus on Howe's Ring Story

School of Lyme

School of Lyme

The Lyme Landscape

The Lyme Landscape

The Village of Old Lyme

The Village of Old Lyme

Tonalism

Tonalism