Once Upon a Time in Old Lyme: The Story of an American Art Colony
By David D.J. Rau and narrated by Anne Farrow with original music by Neely Bruce

DVD: 19 minutes
Publisher: Florence Griswold Museum (2011)
Second edition, subtitles added
Product Size: 0.5 x 5.25 x 7.5 inches

Once Upon a Time in Old Lyme presents a cheerful introduction to the history of the Florence Griswold Museum. This short film provides an overview of the formation of the Lyme Art Colony and its most influential members.

In 1899, the artist Henry Ward Ranger suggested that Florence Griswold reserve the rooms in her boardinghouse for a group of artists from New York City. They were eager to escape the heat of the city and enjoy an excursion to the breezy shoreline of Connecticut, full of beautiful scenery to inspire their paintings. True to his word, he returned in 1900 with a merry band of painters who formed the Lyme Art Colony. The story of Miss Florence and the painters of the Lyme Art Colony is masterfully told and illustrated with original paintings, vintage photography, and heartwarming drawings by one of the nation’s leading storytellers—the artist David Macaulay.