Recessional

Linked to Art in Georgia from 1895 to 1960

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Anna Hunter, an art critic for the Savannah News-Press, took up painting during the late 1940s, while in her fifties. Her Recessional (oil on canvas) was completed around 1949 and is housed by Telfair Museums in Savannah.

Courtesy of Telfair Museums.

Recessional

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