John Theodore Kenney
EventsPosted by Stephen Tue, January 31, 2017 09:41:29I am enjoying researching the life and work of artist John Theodore Kenney for a special evening event at Kibworth Community Library on Friday 17th February 2017. I am looking forward to meeting people from Kibworth who knew and worked with Kenney, and looking at examples of his remarkably broad repertoire.

Kenney was born in Leicester and studied at the Leicester School of Art. He worked for Slaters, the design studio based in Kibworth. He is best known for his images of Thomas the Tank Engine for the Revd W. Awdry, and for his paintings of horses, dogs and other animals. He also illustrated more than thirty Ladybird Books.
Arguably his most outstanding work is a series of sketches and paintings made whilst serving in Europe following the D-Day Normandy beach landings.