Going to Meeting

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Name/Title

Going to Meeting

Entry/Object ID

VHS-A-496

Description

Winter landscape. With white church in right middleground. Six figures (one left, one center, two right center, two right) move toward the church. Black picket fence goes from left to center. Snow covered trees in background.

Type of Painting

Panel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Context

Bessie Drennan, a lifelong resident of Woodbury, Vermont, started painting near the end of her life. Her scenes, in the folk or naive style, became quickly collectible by locals and visitors alike. Though she produced her artwork at the same time as Grandma Moses, she never reached her level of fame.

Made/Created

Artist

Drennan, Bessie Maria (1882-1961)

Date made

1950

Place

Town

Woodbury

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

17 in

Width

21-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Memories Touched by Fancy