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Roger Dennis

Roger Wilson Dennis (1902 - 1996) was active/lived in Connecticut.  Roger Dennis is known for Landscape-coastal-garden, genre.

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A second generation member of the Old Lyme Art Colony in Connecticut, Roger Dennis exhibited there from 1940 to 1985 and had a seventy-five year career of landscape painting, specializing in dazzling floral views. Known as the last surviving link to the artists of Old Lyme Colony, he took special joy in painting compositions en plein air with masses of garden colors.

He was of Scottish descent and was raised in Connecticut as a farmhand and gardener. His first art teacher was Frank Bicknell, and later he studied with George Bruestle and also painted with members of the Old Lyme Art Colony including Guy Wiggins and Nelson White.

He taught at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut, and the Director, William Douglas, encouraged Dennis to study art restoration and conservation, which he did at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C. and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. After this training, he established and operated the conservation laboratory at the Lyman A   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4265 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Research resources

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