“Girl in Crash Helmet’’ (polychromed wood and masonite), by the late Ivoryton, Conn.-based artist Leo Jensen (1926-2019), in the show “Fun and Games: Leo Jensen’s Pop Art,’’ at the Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Conn., Feb. 10-April 14.
— Image courtesy of Mr. Jensen’s estate
The museum says:
“Recognized for his dynamic contributions to pop art, Connecticut artist Leo Jensen drew on his experiences growing up in the circus and the rodeo to bring the excitement and allure of that world into his art. With a fertile imagination and wide-ranging artistic skills and interests, the Ivoryton-based Jensen worked in various media—painting, drawing, carving, and welding—with equal enthusiasm.”
Best known for his large-scale bronze frog sculptures on the Thread City Crossing Bridge in Willimantic, Conn., Leo Jensen brought humor, nuance and insight into his work. This show presents a selection of Jensen’s artwork from his long and productive artistic career. It’s organized in conjunction with the Florence Griswold Museum, in Old Lyme, Conn., whose companion exhibition “Fun and Games? Leo Jensen’s Pop Art,” will be on view there from Feb. 20 through May 19.
One of Leo Jensen’s four copper frogs on the Thread City Crossing Bridge (aka Frog Bridge), in Willimantic.
The Ivoryton Playhouse, in Leo Jensen’s town.
