Frank Townsend Hutchens (1869-1937)
The Norwalk, Connecticut impressionist Frank Townsend Hutchens studied with Irving R. Wiles and F.V. DuMond at the Art Students League in New York, and at the Julian and Colorossi Academies in Paris. He was a member of the Paris Association of American Artists, Taos Society of Artists, American Watercolor Society, Silvermine Artist Guild, and the Salmagundi Club.
Hutchens settled in New York City and in 1912, he moved to Norwalk, where he became a leading figure in the Silvermine Artist Guild. Although he would later also become identified with the Taos Colony, Hutchen’s most important early works were painted in Connecticut.
Hutchens exhibited extensively throughout his career, and his work is included in numerous public collections, including Milwaukee Art Institute, Delgado Museum, Toledo Museum of Art and the Syracuse Museum of Fine Art.