Lyman Allyn and Florence Griswold Museum collaborate on Leo Jensen exhibition
Leo Jenson Exhibit
Lyman Allyn Art Museum • 625 Williams St, New London, CT 06320
February 10 – April 14, 2024
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s newest exhibition represents an innovative collaboration between Lyman Allyn and the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. Both museums will be showing the pop art of Leo Jenson (1926–2019), an Ivoryton artist best known regionally for his bronze frog sculptures on the Thread City Crossing Bridge in Willimantic. The Lyman Allyn’s exhibition, Art in Play: Leo Jensen, opens to the public Saturday, Feb. 10 and runs through Apr. 14. It includes a focused selection of the artist’s humorous and insightful paintings and sculpture produced over the course of his career.
“Art is one of the oldest human endeavors still done for itself alone,” Jensen once remarked, noting “its power to amuse, to move the heart, and lift the spirit is magical.” Recognized for his dynamic contributions to pop art, Leo Jensen drew on his experiences growing up in the circus and the rodeo to bring the excitement and allure of those worlds into his art. With a fertile imagination and wide-ranging artistic skills and interests, he produced witty and thought-provoking art, shifting from painting to drawing to carving and welding with equal enthusiasm.
“As we come together with the Florence Griswold Museum for this exciting venture, we relish the opportunity to discover what other benefits can arise from this joining of hands along I-95, and in doing so, help us better serve and enrich our community,” said Lyman Allyn Art Museum Director Sam Quigley.
The exhibition’s opening reception is Friday, Feb. 9 from 5 to 7 pm. Lyman Allyn members are free, and non-members are $10. Members of the Florence Griswold Museum may attend the opening for free. To learn more about the member reciprocal benefits being offered between the Lyman Allyn and Florence Griswold Museum, visit lymanallyn.org/art-in-play-leo-jensen.
Florence Griswold Museum’s companion exhibition, Fun and Games? Leo Jensen’s Pop Art, will be on view from Feb. 20 through May 19.
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