Painting

Title:

The Little Barn

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

2005.018.015

Creator:

Tennyson, Kay (1916-1999) -- Artist

Place of Origin:

Hillsborough, NH

Date:

1984

Description:

Landscape Painting of The Little Barn, by Kay Tennyson, Hillsborough, NH, 1984. Oil on masonite. Depicts farmstead in winter, with sleighs, horses, cows, chickens, and children playing. Signed on front, lower right: "K. TENNYSON / 84". Signed on reverse in black marker: "Kay Tennyson Original, 12-24 / 'The Little Barn,' March 12, 1984". Printed business card attached to reverse: "Original Oil Paintings / KAY TENNYSON / HILLSBORO LOWER VILLAGE / MAILING ADDRESS - ANTRIM, N. H. RFD #1 - 03440 / BOX 330 / Phone 478-5262". Framed.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-12 W-24 inches

Provenance:

From the estate of Linda Morley, widow of Armand Szainer.

Caroline "Kay" Lowell Tennyson was born in Andover, NH, on December 14, 1916, as the youngest of four children of Annie and Harry Lowell. She married Howard F. Tennyson (1916-1977) of Laconia in 1937. The couple eventually had a son, Howard Wallace Tennyson (1941-2013) and a daughter, Deborah Dorothy Tennyson Beasley (born 1950). The couple are listed as living in Washington, NH, in the 1940 census, and Hillsborough, NH, in the 1950 census. According to Caroline's obituary she began painting in 1968. Tennyson moved to Bradford, NH, around 1994, and died in Concord, NH, on July 14, 1999.

Credit Line:

Gift of Linda Morley

People:

Szainer, Armand H. (1914-1998), Tennyson, Kay (1916-1999)

Subjects:

Horses, Farmhouses, Sleighs, Snow, Barns, Cows, Cattle, Wells, Winter, Chickens