Low Art Files
Richard Pennington
Reception Date: February 25, 2014
Richard Pennington, 63, a former Boston Globe reference librarian, received his Master of Library Science degree from Simmons College. He and his wife lived in Chelsea from 1992 to 2005, in an 1886 Victorian house with two Low tile fireplace surrounds.
Richard Pennington will also give a presentation
in Studio A, to be recorded for television on
Thursday, Feb. 27th at 6:30pm
The public is invited, and Mr. Pennington
will be signing copies of his book: LOW ART TILE: John Gardner Low & The Artists of Boston's Gilded Age
Richard Pennington moved to Belmont in 2005. He has been intrigued by the history of Low's art tiles since 1997, and his research in ongoing. He is the author of the 244 page, full-color book, Low Art Tile – John Gardner Low and the artists of Boston’s Gilded Age.