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Lyme Art Colony
(January 7, 1889–March 2, 1971) In Lyme: 1938-1971
Thomas Willoughby Nason (1889-1971) was born in Dracut, Massachusetts on January 7, 1889. He grew up on a farm in North Billerica. The farm had been his grandfather’s and was inherited by the family shortly after Thomas’ birth. His father was a clergyman in the Congregational Church. Nason graduated from Howe High School in Billerica in 1906. In 1914 he worked as secretary to Albert C. Burrage, a Boston lawyer.
In 1919 Thomas married Margaret Warren. It was while living in Boston that Nason became interested in engraving. He met commercial engraver, Percy Grassby and read many books on the subject at the Boston Public Library. He befriended Louis Holman who was in charge of the print department at Goodspeed’s Book Shop. Holman encouraged him in his pursuit and his first work was sold at that shop.
In 1931 with the death of his employer Albert Burrage, Nason found himself without work. That was when he decided to pursue a career in art full time. That year the Nasons found property in Lyme, Connecticut on Joshuatown Road. They decided to build a home there on the foundation of a 1740s house which had been dismantled leaving only a large chimney and five fireplaces. Their home was completed by 1938 and the Nasons became Lyme residents.
Nason’s earlier work was primarily woodcuts. He then went on to do wood engravings. Nason did engravings for bookplates, Christmas cards, and pamphlets. His work has also been used on the cover and frontispiece of Robert Frost’s book A Boy’s Will and 26 prints are found in another of Frost’s books You Come Too. He also did prints for the two-volume The Collected Poems of Robert Frost in 1950.
His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., the Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, the Boston Public Library, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Springfield Museum, Massachusetts.
He received many awards including the Philadelphia Print Club’s first prize in 1929 and 1930, The Chicago Art Institute’s second prize in 1929, the Library of Congress’s first Pennell Prize, in 1943 and 1945, and the Society of American Etchers’ John Taylor Arms Prize in 1935, 1938, 1945 and 1951.
He was a member of the Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the Lyme Art Association.
Nason’s eyesight was failing in the last few years of his life. He turned from engraving to painting. On March 2, 1971 he was working in his studio when he suffered a heart attack. He was taken to a New London hospital and died later that day.
"Tantem Farm" 1992.6.3
"The Sun is but a Morning Star" 1992.41
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[Engraving A Block] 1984.35
A Deserted Farm 1989.14.170
A Farm with Cows 1992.134
A Farmstead 1991.5
A Forest Hymn 1992.66
A Legend of the Delawares 1992.78
A Man Ploughing 1992.133
A New England Scene 1992.322
A Presentiment 1992.73.1
A Presentiment 1992.73.2
A Stump 1992.190
A Walk at Sunset 1992.64
Acorn & Oak Leaf Border Design 1992.179
Alma Mater 1992.107
Autumn Foliage 1992.313
Back Country 1992.320
Baker Library 1992.94
Barn 1992.166
Barn with Silo 1992.199
Barn with Silo and Fence 1992.200
Barnyard 1992.165
Bay 1992.24
Beach Shack 1992.318
Berkshire Farm 1992.56.1
Berkshire Farm 1992.56.2
Berkshire Farm 1992.56.3
Bridge 1992.143
Bull 1992.140
Butterfly 1992.139
Castine Maine 1992.208
Cat Drinking from a Pan 1992.162
Cats Resting 1992.163
Chair 1992.283
Christmas Card 1984.37
Connecticut Pastoral 1992.23
Connecticut Valley Farm 1992.55
Courtyard, Beacon Hill 1992.310
Death of the Flowers 1992.67
Dilapidated Sheds 1992.169
Dock with Boats 1992.127
Dog Chasing a Cat 1992.126
Dogwood #295 2004.10.7
Doorway of the Wadsworth House 1992.88
Driving Cattle to Market 1992.29
Dunster House 1992.97
Easel 1992.282
End of the Day 1992.16
Ex Libris John Taylor Arms III 1984.41
Ex Libris Nelson C. White 1984.39
Ex Libris Philip S. Owen 1984.43
Ex Libris Walter Piston 1984.40
Ex Libris: Henry Snellenburg, Jr. 1992.116
Farmhouse 1992.152
Farmstead 1992.172
Farmyard with Chickens 1992.118
Farmyard with Chickens and Bull 1992.119
Fisherman 1992.33
Fogg Museum Courtyard 1992.91
Forest Road 1992.319
Fruit Tree 2004.10.1
Goshen Hill Farm 1992.50
Griswold House 1963.5
Gypsy 1992.17.1
Gypsy 1992.17.2
Gypsy 1992.17.3
Gypsy, February 5, 1924 1992.156
Hamilton Hall 1992.105
Harbor Scene 1992.176
Harbor Scene 1992.177
Harvard Hall 1992.80
Haystacks #462 2004.10.4
Head of a Dog 1992.154
Head of a Dog 1992.157
Head of a Dog 1992.158
Hebron Barn 1992.43
Hobo 1992.141
Hoeing Beans 1992.31
Holden Chapel 1992.85
Hollis Hall 1992.86
Honey From Shippee Hill 1984.38
Hut on the Shore 1992.114
In New Hampshire 1992.312.1
In New Hampshire 1992.312.2
John Harvard's Book 1992.83
Kent Hall 1992.102
Laboratory Interior 1992.96
Landscape 1992.117
Landscape 1992.120
Landscape 1992.121
Landscape 1992.146
Landscape 1992.171
Landscape 1992.173
Landscape 1992.183
Landscape 1992.184
Landscape 1992.201
Landscape 1992.204
Landscape 1992.205
Landscape 1992.212
Landscape 1992.217
Landscape 1992.207
Landscape and Farmyard 1992.214
Landscape and Farmyard 1992.215
Landscape and Figures 1992.216
Landscape with Barn 1992.164
Landscape with Barns 1992.123
Landscape with Barns 1992.168
Landscape with Barns 1992.197
Landscape with Barns 1992.211
Landscape with Buildings 1992.180
Landscape with Cows 1992.194
Landscape with Dilapidated Farmhouse 1992.191
Landscape with Farm 1992.148
Landscape with Farm Buildings 1992.122
Landscape with Farmstead 1992.196
Landscape with Farmstead 1992.218
Landscape with House 1992.213
Landscape with Lane and Farm Animals 1992.181
Landscape with River 1992.182
Landscape with Rural Homestead 1992.151
Landscape with Sheep 1992.20
Landscape with Small Barns 1992.210
Landscape with Small House 1992.206
Landscape with Stone Wall 1992.167
Landscape with Stream 1992.195
Landscape with Stream 1992.198
Landscape with Trees 1992.129
Langdell Facade 1992.92
Littauer Center Staircase 1992.90
Loon 1992.35
Low Library 1992.100
Lowell House Tower 1992.89
Maine Islands (Offshore Islands) 1992.109
Man Aiming a Rifle 1992.138
Man Reading in the Park 1992.142
Man with a Satchel 1992.137
Map of Deere Isle 1992.314
Map of the Lyme area 1984.36
Massachusetts Hall 1992.98
Massachusetts Hall, Harvard 1992.52
Medical Center, Columbia University 1992.104
Melting Snow 1992.48
Men Digging 1992.131
Merry Christmas 1984.32
Midsummer 1992.51
Midsummer 1992.110
Miscellaneous Over-Draw Sketches 1992.178.1
Miscellaneous Over-Draw Sketches 1992.178.2
Miscellaneous Over-Draw Sketches 1992.178.3
Miscellaneous Over-Draw Sketches 1992.178.4
Miscellaneous Over-Draw Sketches 1992.178.5
Miscellaneous Over-Draw Sketches 1992.178.6
Monument Mountain 1992.65.1
Monument Mountain 1992.65.2
Morning Star 1992.30
Near Hebron, Oct. 10 '44 1992.202
Near Lyme, Sunset 1992.53
Near Turnbridge 1992.209
November Twilight 1992.323
Ode to the Connecticut River 1992.79.1
Ode to the Connecticut River 1992.79.2
Ode to the Connecticut River 1992.79.3
Old Farmstead with Fence 1992.203
Old Gore Hall Library 1992.84
Old House, Connecticut 1992.42
Old Lyme Church 1995.21
Oval Tilt-Top Side Table 2017.13.2
Partridge 1992.38
Pickerel 1992.32
Pine Cone 1992.26
Pines 1992.36
Place in the Forest 1992.25.1
Place in the Forest 1992.25.2
Place in the Forest 1992.25.3
Plainville Town Hall Meeting 2004.10.3
Pond Scene with Heron 2011.14.1
President's House 1992.101
Printing Blanket 2004.10.9
Reflections 1992.39
Robert-of-Lincoln 1992.76
Rocky Shore 1992.113
Scarecrow 1992.27
Schermerhorn Hall 1992.99
Self Portrait 1992.308.1
Shady Bank 1992.28
Sheep 1992.135
Sheep 1992.136
Sketchbook 1992.245
Sleeping Dog 1992.155
Sleeping Dog 1992.159
Song Sparrow 1992.40
Spring Plowing 2004.10.5
St. Paul's Chapel 1992.103
Statue of John Harvard 1992.95
Still Life with Flowers 1992.130
Street in Ipswich 1992.21
Studies of a Sleeping Dog 1992.160
Studies of a Sleeping Dog 1992.161
Studies of Dogs 1992.153
Studies of Squirrels and Ground Hogs 1992.150
Study of a 2-Masted Ship 1992.175
Study of a Barn 1992.193
Study of a Farm Cart 1992.186
Study of a Farm Cart 1992.187
Study of a Farm Cart 1992.188
Study of a Farm Cart 1992.189
Study of a Tree 1992.145
Study of a Tree 1992.149
Study of a Tree 1992.174
Study of Tree Tops 1992.147
Stump 1992.37
Sugar Maple 1992.316
Summer Clouds 1992.19
Sunday Morning, Marblehead 1992.317
Sundial 1992.220
Sundial, Massachusetts Hall 1992.87
Thanatopsis 1992.60
The Berry Pitcher 1992.18
The Bryant Homestead at Cummington 1992.59.2
The Cider Mill 1989.14.195
The Cider Mill 1989.14.190
The Cider Mill (second state) 1989.14.194
The Cove 1992.311
The District School House 1992.170
The Green Mountains 1992.46
The Grey Barn 1992.321
The Hunter of the Prairies 1992.72
The Lion 1992.108
The Lonely Farm 1992.57
The New Moon 1992.68
The Old Orchard 1992.309
The Planting of the Apple-Tree 1992.75
The Prairies 1992.70
The Red House 1992.6.2
The Red House - Engraving Block 1992.6.1.a
The Rivulet 1992.62
The Song of the Sower 1992.77
The Three Bears 1968.156
The Two Graves 1992.69
The White-Footed Deer 1992.74.1
The White-Footed Deer 1992.74.2
The Woodcock 2004.10.6
The Yellow Violet 1992.61
Thomas Nason's New Address... 1984.33
Three Youths 1992.128
To a Waterfowl 1992.63.1
To a Waterfowl 1992.63.2
To the Fringed Gentian 1992.71
Trees Along the Delaware 1992.44
TWN 1984.34
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Untitled Landscape 1992.124
Village Scene 1992.144
Village Scene 1992.185
Village Street 1992.22
Whooping Crane 1992.115
Widener Library 1992.93
Willow Tree and Cottage 1992.315
Winding Road 1992.45
Winter Sunrise 1992.47
Wm. Cullen Bryant 1992.58.1
Wm. Cullen Bryant 1992.58.2
Woman standing near a Cow 1992.132
Woodchuck 1992.34