Author: CT State Library

Gregg, Laicita Warburton Worden (1892-1975) For most of her life, this artist was Laicita Warburton Worden. After her marriage to Kenneth Gregg in 1919, she became Laicita Worden Gregg. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1892 and attended the city’s public schools. She graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and later was elected to a Fellowship. Du...

Goldie, James L. (1892-?)James L. Goldie was born in Dorchcester, Massachusetts in 1892. Little is known about his family or education. He became a painter, and one of his works was exhibited at the Philadelphia Academy. He went to the Tiffany Foundation in Cold Springs Harbor, Long Island to paint and became interested in frame making and gilding. Goldie worked for the Connect...

Elder, Arthur John (1874-1948)Arthur Elder was born in London, England on March 28, 1874. He joined the Chelsea Art Club and studied under prominent artists such as Walter Sickert and James Whistler. He moved to San Francisco, California in 1905 but left the city after the 1906 earthquake to come east. By 1925 Elder was living in Westport, Connecticut. He became the director of...

Gesner, Frank (1875-1955)Frank Gesner was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1877, but he spent most of his life in Wethersfield. He worked at the Maxim Silencer Co., retiring in 1945. He was also employed by the Hartford Courant in the rotogravure section, and he contributed poetry. According to Gesner’s obituary, he “had painted the murals in the central hall of the [Hartford]...

Gerbi, Enrico (?)All that is known about Enrico Gerbi is a time card dated January 4, 1936. He finished a large drawing which may have been a tracing for a mural and a “portrayal” of the sculpture Dignity.Works of Art Listed in CT Archives' database from Enrico Gerbi:Gerbi, Enrico

Gelman, Aaron (1899-1970) Aaron Gelman was born in Hartford, Connecticut on November 24, 1899. He left Hartford Public High School to go to sea, and he traveled in the Mediterranean and European countries earning “his seaman’s papers.” After returning to Hartford he finished high school and studied at the Hartford Academy of Art. Graduating from Hartford Public High School, Ge...

Gaylord, Marion (?)All that is known about Marion Gaylord is that she painted detail of a Bed Valance owned by the New Milford Historical Society for The Index of American Design.Source: Erwin O. Christensen, The Index of American Design, (Smithsonian Institution, 1950), p. 203.Works of Art Listed in CT Archives' database from Marion Gaylord:Gaylord, Marion

Galvin, Robert (1909-?)Robert Galvin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 5, 1909. He attended Berea College in Kentucky, where he worked at the college print shop. In 1929 he moved to New Haven, Connecticut to attend the Yale School of Fine Arts. After three and a half years he left the Art School to pursue his interest in graphic design. Under the Treasury Relief Art Prog...

Galvin, Paul H. (?)All that is known about this artist is that he painted two easels, one entitledRhodendrons and the other Harbor Scene, both of which were allocated in 1936 to the Undercliff Sanatorium.Source: WPA Artist’s Work CardWorks of Art Listed in CT Archives' database from Paul Galvin:Rhodendrons:watercolorHarbor Scene:watercolorHead from Circus Wagon:watercolorBarnum...

Forrer, Donald (1908-?)Donald Forrer was born on February 2, 1908. He worked as a seaman on the Great Lakes before he went on to pursue a formal art education at the Cleveland Art School and then for a short time at the Huntington Polytechnic School. He continued his education at the Yale School of Fine Arts, graduating with a BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS degree in 1932. In 1934 Forre...