South Carolina Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
(above: William Posey Silva, Fisherman's Hut, 1944, oil on board, 20 x 24 inches, Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Sampler of books in print, listed by year of publication, with most recently published book listed first
Artists in the Life of Charleston: Through Colony and State, from Restoration to Reconstruction: Transactions, APS, By Anna Wells Rutledge. Published by American Philosophical Society, 2008. ISBN 1422377083, 9781422377086. 260 pages. Google Books says: "Charleston's greatest contribution to American painting was timely patronage of men of ability. Contents of this study: Historical intro.; Art & artists from the 16th to the mid-18th cent.; Jeremiah Theus, Alexander Gordon, & the mid-18th cent.; Prosperous pre-Revolutionary years; The Revolutionary years; Federal years; The academic tradition & native talent in the first quarter of the 19th cent.; Fraser, Allston, White, & Cogdell; The South Carolina Acad. of Fine Arts, its predecessors & successors; Sculpture; Theatrical & decorative painters; The silhouettists; Backgrounds; Native talent & visiting strangers; "Female artists" & talented families; The daguerreotype & photography; Pre-war decades; & The war years -- 1861-1865. Ill. Full View of this book offered by Google Books.
Palmetto Silver: Riches of the South: A Celebration of South Carolina Silver, by McKissick Museum (Corporate Author), Karen Klein Swager (Editor). 92 pages. Publisher: University of South Carolina Press (November 2003). ISBN-10: 1570035334. ISBN-13: 978-1570035333. Product Description: "This publication showcases the riches of South Carolina silver. Based on a 2002 exhibition by the same name at the University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum, the book is the result of several years of research and draws heavily on items from private collections throughout the South." (text courtesy of Amazon.com)
The Charleston Renaissance, By Martha R. Severens. Published by Saraland Press, 1998. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Nov 8, 2007. 216 pages. Google Books says: "Chronicles a dynamic period of modern southern history (1920-1945), detailing the legacy of Charleston and national artists."
South Carolina Art Selections from the South Carolina State Museum Collection, by Nancy Higgins. Publisher: South Carolina Museum (1991). ASIN: B001AUEM30
Row upon Row: Sea Grass Baskets of the South Carolina Lowcountry, by Dale Rosengarten. 68 pages. Publisher: University of South Carolina Press (September 1986). ISBN-10: 0872499561. ISBN-13: 978-0872499560
Century of American sculpture: treasures from Brookgreen Gardens, By Brookgreen Gardens, Alpheus Hyatt Mayor, Beatrice Gilman Proske, Joseph Veach Noble, Brookgreen Gardens. Published by Abbeville Press, 1981. 137 pages
Art in the Lives of South Carolinians: Nineteenth-century Chapters, By David Moltke-Hansen, Carolina Art Association. Published by Carolina Art Association, 1979. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Aug 1, 2007. 404 pages. Google Books says: "To be used as an accompaniment to exhibitions and colloquia held in Charleston and other South Carolina cities from Oct. 1978-May 1979."
The Columbia Art Association, 1915-1975, the Columbia Museum of Art, 1950-1975, Columbia, South Carolina: A History, Published by Columbia Museums of Art & Science, 1975. 59 pages
Art in South Carolina 1670-1970, By Francis W. Bilodeau, Thomas J. Tobias, E. Milby Burton, South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, Gibbes Art Gallery, Columbia Museum of Art, Greenville County Museum of Art. Published by South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, 1970. 229 pages
Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, By Beatrice G. Proske. Published by Hispanic Society of Amer, 1968. ISBN 0875351085, 9780875351087
An Exhibition of Miniatures Owned in South Carolina and Miniatures of South Carolinians Owned Elsewhere, Painted Before the Year 1860, By Carolina Art Association, Gibbes Art Gallery, Robert N. S. Whitelaw. Published by Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery, 1936. Original from the University of California. Digitized Sep 19, 2007. 80 pages
Exhibition of Miniatures from Charleston and Its Vicinity Painted Before the Year 1860: Carolina Art Association, Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina, 1935. By Carolina Art Association, Robert N. S. Whitelaw, Carolina Art Association. Published by Southern Ptg. & Pub. Co., 1935. Original from the University of California. Digitized Sep 19, 2007. 75 pages
Catalogue of the Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Southern States Art League, By Isaac Delgado (1930)
History of the Carolina Art Association ..., By Gabriel Edward Manigault. Published by Walker, Evans, & Cogswell, 1895
(above: George Biddle, Sweatshop (mural study, Department of Justice Building, Washington, DC), 1935-1936, tempera on board, 39 x 30 12 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
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