When famed Dutch-American landscape artist Leonard Ochtman moved to Connecticut in 1891 with his wife — Mina Fonda Ochtman, an accomplished American Impressionist painter in her own right — they built a house in Cos Cob and dubbed it Grayledge.
Now on the market for $1.4 million, the five-bedroom home at 35 Mianus View Terrace is where the couple became founding members of the Cos Cob Art Colony (whose famed members included Willa Cather and which helped launch NYC’s iconic Armory Show) and held classes for young artists boarding at the nearby Bush-Holley House.
The Ochtmans would also go on to become founding members of the Greenwich Society of Artists, where Leonard served as president.
Original details in the home, which was renovated in 2010, include the hardwood floors, the staircase and the solarium.
There’s also a chef’s kitchen, a home office with custom built-ins, a living room with a fireplace, and front and back porches with picturesque views.
The listing broker is Douglas Elliman’s Evangela Brock.