Cos Cob’s Surprising Modernist: Henry Fitch Taylor, brings together many of Taylor's works, some which have never been exhibited before, and is the first scholarly attempt to recapture portions of Taylor's fascinating life and career.  Taylor's art is dramatically different from other artists that stayed and worked at the Holley House between 1890 and 1920 when the Holley boarding house was home to the first Impressionist art colony in Connecticut.  

Although he was an accomplished Impressionist painter, several years into the beginning of the twentieth century, Taylor began experimenting with radical new themes and techniques originating from Europe, such as cubism and orphism.  The exhibition at Bush-Holley Historic Site, Cos Cob's Surprising Modernist: Henry Fitch Taylor, is guest curated by Dr. Christine I. Oaklander, Director of Collections and Exhibitions with the Allentown Art Museum.  

The exhibition is open to the public from September 30 through December 31, 2005 (closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day); gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. Museum admission is $6 for adults, $4 for students and seniors; children under 12 and Historical Society members are free.  Museum admission includes entrance to the exhibition and a tour of Bush-Holley House.  Bush-Holley Historic Site is located at 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, Conn. Call 203-869-6899 for more information or visit www.hstg.org <http://www.hstg.org/> .