A transfer of historic art documents in Old Lyme
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts will make a formal presentation of a collection of historic documents and original exhibition catalogues to the Lyme Art Association on Sunday. The event will occur just prior to the opening of the association’s “A Show in Four Acts” exhibition.
This collection was part of the estate of Elisabeth Gordon Chandler (1913-2006), founder of the Lyme Academy and past president and long-time member of Lyme Art Association. The Archives Committee of Lyme Academy College has spent several years assembling and preparing this gift to Lyme Art Association. The collection being donated includes a comprehensive collection of Lyme Art Association exhibition catalogs, including a 1909 8th annual exhibition pamphlet listing the artists Childe Hassam and Willard Metcalf; a 1921 20th annual exhibition booklet, which was the inaugural exhibit in the new Charles A. Platt designed gallery; and catalogs of the spring watercolor exhibits, which began in 1925, along with the Autumn exhibitions, begining in 1933.
The ceremony commemorating the transfer of historic archives will take place at 1:30 p.m. at Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St. Old Lyme.
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