The Enigmatic Visionary of the Connecticut Landscape In the quiet annals of early American art, few figures possess the haunting, understated charm of Jonathan Budington. A painter whose life and legacy remain partially veiled by the mists of time, Budington emerged at the turn of the nineteenth century as a vital, if modest, voice in the development of the Connecticut school of painting. Born in New and baptized in Fairfield around 1779, his origins suggest a deep-rooted connection to the Puritan settlements of the region, a landscape that would later become the primary stage for his artist…