Theodore Johnson painted his wife, Barbara Salmon Johnson, reading in a hotel room in Chicago. The young couple traveled to the Windy City frequently in the 1930s as Johnson’s WPA murals were installed in the Oak Park Post Office. Barbara’s rosy cheeks and the fur coat tossed casually near the radiator indicate that she has just come in from Chicago’s bitter winter weather. Outside, a gray sky provides a backdrop for snow-dusted buildings. But Johnson’s wife wears a short-sleeve top, suggesting that the artist painted this scene from memory, in a warmer season.
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