"Caroline Bouvier Kennedy" oil painting by Tansill Stough-Anthony
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"Caroline Bouvier Kennedy" oil painting by Tansill Stough-Anthony
"Caroline Bouvier Kennedy" is an oil painting by Tansill Stough-Anthony in a series titled “Fading Memories: In Honor of JFK”. The painting depicts an image of Caroline Kennedy kneeling next to her father's casket in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on November 24, 1963. Most of the painting is done in black and white, but some light-yellow accents appear next to the kneeling figure. The artist signed the painting in the lower right corner.
"Caroline Bouvier Kennedy" oil painting by Tansill Stough-Anthony
circa 2010
Oil on canvas
With Frame: 22 7/8 × 27 × 1 1/4 in. (58.1 × 68.6 × 3.2 cm)
The "Fading Memories: In Honor of JFK" Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2018.063.0002
Artist Tansill Stough-Anthony drew inspiration for her Kennedy paintings largely from the pages of Life Magazine. For this painting of Caroline Kennedy in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, she deliberately changed a key historical detail by eliminating Jacqueline Kennedy from the image. In addition, as she explained in her 2015 oral history, "Caroline is not faded out like I did on the other paintings because she is not a memory. She's alive and still a part of our world at this time. This is her father's casket. Her little hand, gloved hand, holding onto the railing, her little white socks... this is very much something that I saw growing up Catholic. So, the rest of it is faded out because he is gone." -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
This is one of three paintings in the "Fading Memories" series that was selected for display at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination in 2013. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
"Caroline Bouvier Kennedy" oil painting by Tansill Stough-Anthony
"Caroline Bouvier Kennedy" is an oil painting by Tansill Stough-Anthony in a series titled “Fading Memories: In Honor of JFK”. The painting depicts an image of Caroline Kennedy kneeling next to her father's casket in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on November 24, 1963. Most of the painting is done in black and white, but some light-yellow accents appear next to the kneeling figure. The artist signed the painting in the lower right corner.
"Caroline Bouvier Kennedy" oil painting by Tansill Stough-Anthony
circa 2010
Artwork
Memorials
Artist
Casket
Rotunda
Mourning
Mourners
Stough-Anthony, Tansill
Kennedy, Caroline
U.S. Capitol
Hot Springs
Washington, D.C.
Oil on canvas
With Frame: 22 7/8 × 27 × 1 1/4 in. (58.1 × 68.6 × 3.2 cm)
The "Fading Memories: In Honor of JFK" Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2018.063.0002
Artist Tansill Stough-Anthony drew inspiration for her Kennedy paintings largely from the pages of Life Magazine. For this painting of Caroline Kennedy in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, she deliberately changed a key historical detail by eliminating Jacqueline Kennedy from the image. In addition, as she explained in her 2015 oral history, "Caroline is not faded out like I did on the other paintings because she is not a memory. She's alive and still a part of our world at this time. This is her father's casket. Her little hand, gloved hand, holding onto the railing, her little white socks... this is very much something that I saw growing up Catholic. So, the rest of it is faded out because he is gone." -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
This is one of three paintings in the "Fading Memories" series that was selected for display at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination in 2013. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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