06/16/2026
Despite being known as the “American Giverny,” the artist's colony at Old Lyme, Connecticut was not known for the sun-dappled scenes typical of French Impressionism. Instead these artists attempted to capture the ethereal glow of the moon scattered over the New England landscape. Among the Old Lyme residents, these nighttime scenes were referred to as “rainy day paintings” — when the weather was unfavorable to plein air painting, the artists would retreat to their studios, conjuring nocturnes out of memories of the woods and waters of the coastal town. In Robert Vonnoh's "Lingering Rain, Moon and Eventide," the stream leads us back to the old farm house like a hazy apparition.
Robert Vonnoh (1858-1933), "Lingering Rain, Moon and Eventide,"
c. 1925, Oil on canvas, 25 x 30.25 inches
