Artists by Name

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• Packard, Vance

  Vance Packard

  1914 – 1996

  Well-known journalist and writer.

• Parker, Alfred

  Alfred Parker

  1906 – 1985

• Parrish, Anne

  Anne Parrish

  1888 – 1957

• Perényi, Eleanor Stone

  Eleanor Stone Perényi

  1918 – 2009

  Perényi wrote fiction and features for magazines as well as memoirs, novels, and biography. She tended her Stonington garden for many years and it became the subject of her book “Green Thoughts,” in which she used the garden as a lens for memoir, social commentary and philosophy. She and her mother, Grace Zaring Stone, were also part of the social and intellectual circle of poet James Merrill, which helped to change Stonington from a maritime community to an intellectual and artistic center or colony.

• Perkins, Maxwell E.

  Maxwell E. Perkins

  1884 – 1947

  Perkins had a lasting influence on both the role of a book editor, redefining it to include a personal relationship and coaching role with authors, and on the careers of writers he discovered or encouraged, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Tom Wolfe. In this way he helped define the course of 20th century literature.

• Perlin, Bernard

  Bernard Perlin

  1918 – 2014

• Peterson, Roger Tory

  Roger Tory Peterson

  1908 – 1996

  Peterson pioneered the modern nature guide with “Field Guide to the Birds” which combined paintings of birds with descriptions in a portable format. He was also a noted painter of nature and supporter of conservation.

• Petry, Ann Lane

  Ann Lane Petry

  1908 – 1997

  African American novelist of the mid-20th century

• Pfeiffer, Alberta Raffl

  Alberta Raffl Pfeiffer

  1899 – 1997

  An early woman member of the American Institute of Architects and notable for practicing architecture in the Old Lyme area from the 1930s on for decades.

• Phillips, Elizabeth Shannon

  Elizabeth Shannon Phillips

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• Picknell, George

  George Picknell

  1864 – 1943

• Plutzik, Hyam

  Hyam Plutzik

  1911 – 1962

  Important themes throughout Plutzik’s poetry include Jewish identity, nature, history and time. His work was included in the 1963 anthology “Five American Poets.”

• Potter, Daniel Otis

  Daniel Otis Potter

  1946 –

• Potter, J.W. Fuller

  J.W. Fuller Potter

  1910 – 1990

  A modernist who gave up life in New York City to live and work in a rural setting, and subsequently exhibited rarely.

• Prince, Arnold

  Arnold Prince

  1925 – 2014

  Caribbean American sculptor and teacher.

• Purves, Jr., Austin

  Austin Purves, Jr.

  1900 – 1977

  Austin Purves, Jr. was a mid-20th century artist well known for his mosaics and frescoes. Some of his more unique commissions were the aluminum bas-reliefs made for the S.S. America and the S.S. United States, ocean liners. He also taught art classes.