Object ID	N0061.1994
Title	Fireside in Virginia
Artist	Stovall, Queena
Object Name	Painting
Early Date	1950
Exhibit label line3	In this painting, the artist's husband Brack has fallen asleep in his easy chair on a cold November afternoon while two girls warm themselves by the fire. Queena Stovall explained this picture in a 1974 interview: "Standin' in front of the fire is an old Virginia custom. It was the first place people went in cold weather, to warm themselves and catch up on the latest talk. In this particular instance, Judy [the artist's daughter] and Mary Massey are standin' in front of the fire sharin' the latest news. Well, Mary Massey always had real fine legs and there she is in the picture, liftin' her dress to warm her legs." Born Emma Serena Dillard, Stovall began painting in 1949 at the age of 62, after taking an art course at Randolph-Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia. Over the next 31 years, she painted about 50 works documenting the lives of her family, friends, and neighbors.
Description	Front lower right: "Queena Stovall/June 1950./Reverse: Fireside in Virginia/Side stretcher: 18 Chemically Treated/ANCO INC/Bottom on stretcher: 24 Chemically Treated/ANCO INC./on stretcher: C 1974 Queena Stovall/Printed: Title Fireside in Virginia/----/Artist Queena Stovall/Owner M/Mrs. R. Cary Fairfax
Dimensions	H-18 W-24 inches
Material	Oil on canvas
Place of Origin	Lynchburg, Virginia

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