LIBRARY ARTWORK

The Paintings in the Library:

• Main Library:  An 30” x 25” oil painting of the seated figure of Mrs. Anne Olivia Tiffany Mitchell painted by renowned artist Robert Tolman in 1921. *
• Main Library:  An 20 ½” x 30” oil painting of the original Music Vale Seminary prior to its fire in the late 1880s. It is unsigned and undated. *
• Community Program Room:  A 16" x 20" pastel painting of the original Salem Free Public Library building, c. 1928, by Jean Lazar Robinson in 2004.  **
• Children's Program Room:  An original drawing in crayon entitled "The Salem Zoo" by local artists Christopher Siebenthal and his friends at Quality Day Care of Salem, which donated the work in memory of Christopher.  ***

Mrs. Mitchell	Music Vale Seminary	The Original Salem Library	The Salem Zoo

 * Painting was refurbished and reframed by "A Frame of Mind" in East Lyme thanks to the generosity of The Friends of the Salem Library.

** Art work commissioned by The Friends of the Salem Library.

***  Art work and accompanying informational placard framing donated by "The Gilded Edge" of Salem.

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