South Carolina Art History: Other online resources

South Carolina Art History

with an emphasis on representational art

(above: Edmund Ashe, Hunter with Mule, c. 1920, oil on masonite, 24 x 20 in. Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Other online resources

Anna Heyward Taylor: GCMA Collection is a 2018 exhibit at the Greenville County Museum of Art which says: "Born in Columbia, artist Anna Heyward Taylor (1879-1956) was at the forefront of the Charleston Renaissance at the turn of the 20th century." Also see Anna Taylor from The Johnson Collection. Accessed 6/18

Anna Heyward Taylor: Intrepid Explorer is a 2019 exhibit at the Gibbes Museum of Art which says: "This exhibition focuses on Taylor's visits to British Guiana as she created a substantial body of work during these trips. Taylor traveled to British Guiana as a staff artist for the scientific expedition led by naturalist William Beebe. There she created sketches and watercolor paintings of jungle foliage and animals. Once back in the United States she created batiks and woodblock prints based on her observations." Accessed 4/20

Artists from South Carolina in Wikipedia. Accessed August, 2015.

"A Brief History of the Carolina Art Association and the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC," by Sara Arnold, Gibbes Archivist, September, 2005, from carolinaarts.com. Accessed August, 2015.

Carolina Art Association from AskArt.com. Accessed August, 2015.

The Charleston Renaissance, by Robert M. Hicklin, Jr., from fineartstrader.com. Accessed August, 2015.

Cry Joy Park - Gardens of Dark and Light is a 2019 exhibit at the Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston which says: "Cry Joy Park - Gardens of Dark and Light is an investigation into the construct of a utopia, inspired by the history of Charleston, South Carolina: a cultural and artistic capital of the American South, and an exemplar of its opulence and beauty." Accessed 9/19

Eyes on the Edge: J Henry Fair Photographs the Carolina Coast was a 2016 exhibit at the Columbia Museum of Art, which says: "American photographer and South Carolina native J Henry Fair captures images of the Carolina coast in this new collection of work that debuts at the Columbia Museum of Art. Fair documents our spectacular coastline through 27 dramatic, large-scale photographs that teeter between abstractions and high-resolution imagery of the land." CMA Stories features "Speaking with Photographer J Henry Fair," a 9/14/16 essay by Chief Curator Will South. Also hear a 1 hr 6 min sit down conversation between CMA Director of Education & Engagement Kerry Kuhlkin-Hornsby and American photographer and South Carolina native J Henry Fair on 8/25/16. Accessed 10/16

Grainger McKoy is a 2016 exhibit at the Greenville County Museum of Art which says: "McKoy initially produced realistic carvings, but slowly began transforming his intricately carved birds into gravity-defying sculptures that played with form and space, while continuing to accurately render each species in detail." Also see website of artist. Accessed 5/20

Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art, an exhibit about basket makers in South Carolina's Gullah/Geechee region, held October 4, 2009 to January 10, 2010 at the Fowler Museum / UCLA. Includes press release. Accessed December, 2015.

Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina is a 2022 exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art which says: "Focusing on the work of African American potters in the 19th-century American South-in dialogue with contemporary artistic responses-the exhibition presents approximately 50 ceramic objects from Old Edgefield District, South Carolina, a center of stoneware production in the decades before the Civil War. Hear Me Now will include monumental storage jars by enslaved and literate potter and poet David Drake alongside rare examples of the region's utilitarian wares, as well as enigmatic face vessels whose makers were unrecorded." Accessed 3/23

Horace Day in South Carolina is a 2016 exhibit at the Greenville County Museum of Art which says: "Horace Day in South Carolina focuses on the artist's work that was painted over four decades of traveling along the coast-from Charleston to Hilton Head Island." Also see website of artist." Accessed 5/20

Independent Spirits: Women Artists of South Carolina was a 2015-16 exhibit held at Columbia Museum of Art, which says: "Independent Spirits is a selection of approximately 30 works of art by women from across the state. South Carolina has produced and nourished many such "independent spirits," women who work against the social grain to pursue modern and experimental means of artistic expression. Whether they work in painting, sculpture, assemblage, ceramics, or installation, these women represent the undeniable role that women play in shaping the future of arts in South Carolina." View videos of artists explaining their work. Accessed 10/16

Manning Williams: Reinventing Narrative Painting is a 2021 exhibit at the Morris Museum of Art which says: "Reinventing Narrative Painting, the first major exhibition devoted to revered South Carolina artist Manning Williams since his death in 2012, was organized by the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina, an institution with which he enjoyed a close relationship from 1967 until the end of his life. The exhibition and the publication that accompanies it represent virtually every aspect of his long, remarkably prolific career." Accessed 8/21

Messages from Home: The Art of Leo Twiggs is a 2020 exhibit at the Morris Museum of Art which says: "Now eighty-six, Dr. Leo Twiggs, regarded for many years as one of South Carolina's most important artists, is a native of Saint Stephen, a small town north of Charleston." Accessed 4/21

Natalie Daise: The Greens in My Garden is a 2022 exhibit at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum which says: "Much of her work explores the rich traditions of the African-American and Gullah-Geechee communities that nurture her creativity, as well as the process by which creative action shapes these communities. Natalie Daise: The Greens in My Garden features recent paintings comprised of striking oil-and-metal-leaf portraits of both family members and friends, adorned with sweetgrass-woven jewelry, traditional African-patterned clothing and bright halos, all teeming with the symbolic roots of her Gullah upbringing -- collard greens and garden flowers." Also see the artist's website. Accessed 1/23

Rauschenberg in Charleston is a 2019 exhibit at the Gibbes Museum of Art which says: "Rauschenberg's first experiences with photography were in the South as a student at Black Mountain College between 1949 and 1952, and Charleston was one of his earliest subjects." Also see 11/15/19 article in Charleston Art Mag. Accessed 5/20

Sherry Strickland Martin / Roots Run Deep is a 2018 exhibit at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum which says: "Roots Run Deep is an exhibition of Martin's traditional watercolors and mixed media works that speak to her return to painting what nurtures her soul: that salt air, that plough mud and the sweet smell of oyster beds that line South Carolina's beautiful coast." Accessed 11/18

South Carolina Art History: A Century of Light and Spirit, 1845-1945 is a 2025 article by Gemeni 2.5 Pro which says: "The century of artistic expression in South Carolina from 1845 to 1945 reveals a profound and dynamic evolution. It was a period in which the state's singular landscape and deeply rooted cultural identity served as a constant wellspring of inspiration, continuously reinterpreted through the successive and often overlapping lenses of America's major artistic movements.

Throughout this transformative century, a tension between preservation and progress, between a fierce attachment to a regional identity and the embrace of national and international innovation, defined South Carolina's artistic character. The state was never an isolated cultural backwater but an active participant -- both as a subject and as a stage -- in the great dialogues that shaped American art. The artists who worked there, whether native-born or drawn by the allure of its light and history, created a body of work that stands as a testament to the enduring power of place, leaving an indelible mark on the American creative spirit." Accessed 7/25

South Carolina Icons is a 2014 exhibit at the Greenville County Museum of Art which says: "Consider the work of three African-American artists from South Carolina, David Drake, William H. Johnson, and Merton Simpson. Their work echoes the stories of slavery, the struggle for equality, and the Civil Rights movement." Accessed 5/20

Southern States Art League from AskArt.com. Accessed August, 2015.

Vanishing Charleston is a 2018 exhibit at the Gibbes Museum of Art. Amanda Breen, Curatorial Assistant, says: "The artists and works in Vanishing Charleston document a portion of the city that has faded into memory and the Charleston that continues to change with each passing day." Accessed 6/18

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