Pop art gets a moment in the sun — or should we say in the gallery? — when the Florence Griswold Museum and the Lyman Allyn Art Museum both showcase the work of Leo Jensen, who is best known in Connecticut for his frog sculptures on Willimantic’s Thread City Crossing bridge.

“Fun & Games? Leo Jensen’s Pop Art” opens Tuesday at the Flo Gris in Old Lyme. And the Lyman Allyn in New London is presenting a companion exhibition on Jensen through April 14; it’s titled “Art in Play.”

Jensen (1926–2019) infused his work with humor as well as reflections on modern American society. His paintings, sculptures, and assemblages of recycled materials borrow from the signs and symbols he saw in his youth, when he traveled as a fancy horseback rider in Depression-era circuses and rodeos, and they developed further when he moved to Connecticut after art school.

Jensen embraced Pop Art in the early 1960s for its unpretentious address of a popular audience using glamorous, gimmicky, and mass-produced images borrowed from the commercial and advertising worlds. He fused them in witty ways and made an innovative contribution to Pop through his incorporation of moving parts into his sculptures that encourage viewer interaction.

“Fun & Games?” is organized in collaboration with Jensen’s widow, artist Dalia Ramanauskas. It runs through May 19 at the Flo Gris, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sun. through March. After that, the site is open till 5 p.m. on all of those days. Call (860) 434-5542 or visit florencegriswoldmuseum.org.

“Art in Play” at the Lyman Allyn includes a focused selection of the artist’s humorous and insightful paintings and sculpture produced over the course of his career. The museum, located at 625 Williams St., New London, is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. and 1-5 p.m. Sun. Call (860) 443-2545 or visit lymanallyn.org.