63:
20:
51:
202:
around the city through sometimes romanticized landscapes, architectural studies, and scenes of daily life past and present. The artists specialized in prints, including woodblocks and etchings, which sold more readily to tourists and other visitors than paintings did and which helped to spread the
87:
destroyed the city's prosperity, and the economic after-effects lingered through the
Reconstruction era into the early 20th century. Beginning around World War I, however, the city experienced a renaissance in the arts as the local art community worked on bettering their city and representing it in
210:
was formed in the 1920s, and in 1928 the city's first "historic house" museum was founded. In 1931, the city gained its first historic district, which placed zoning restrictions on all historic structures in the lower part of the
Charleston peninsula.
43:, experienced a boom in the arts as artists, writers, architects, and historical preservationists came together to improve and represent their city. The Charleston Renaissance was related to the larger interwar artistic movement known as the
203:
imagery of the movement throughout the country. Local artists collectively bought a press and—influenced in part by visiting artists Hale and
Clements—formed the Charleston Etchers' Club to promote printmaking as a medium.
167:. Of these, Smith and Verner were Charleston natives, while Taylor hailed from elsewhere in the state and Hutty came from New York. Other visual artists considered part of the movement include
218:
mounted a large exhibition, "The
Charleston Renaissance," which then traveled to museums in Columbia, Charleston, and Augusta (Georgia) over the next three years.
92:(which grew out of the Carolina Art Association's gallery) and the Poetry Society of South Carolina. It lasted through the Great Depression until World War II.
357:
487:
477:
151:
The
Charleston Renaissance is most closely associated with the visual arts, however. The four leading artists of the movement are
206:
Smith, Verner, and others also banded together to champion preservation of the city's remaining historic buildings. The
207:
492:
472:
467:
215:
339:
497:
144:
became the first woman to run a publicly funded art museum in
America when she became the director of the
263:
198:
The
Charleston Renaissance artists' oil paintings, watercolors, and prints documented Charleston and the
164:
62:
40:
354:
253:
199:
156:
50:
88:
various media. The
Charleston Renaissance contributed to the rise of such art institutions as the
297:
126:
19:
502:
482:
282:
184:
106:
89:
44:
8:
258:
248:
176:
160:
307:
114:
84:
145:
312:
243:
172:
130:
361:
287:
233:
168:
134:
110:
302:
292:
180:
118:
101:
96:
80:
445:
Renaissance in
Charleston: Art and Life in the Carolina Low Country, 1900–1940
380:
Renaissance in
Charleston: Art and Life in the Carolina Low Country, 1900–1940
461:
192:
188:
277:
238:
152:
122:
427:
141:
394:
28:
221:
397:. Greenville County Museum of Art website. Retrieved Jan. 21, 2016.
47:
and is credited with helping to spur the city's tourist industry.
355:"The Gibbes Museum of Art Hosts Charleston Renaissance Symposium"
408:
A Bluestocking in Charleston: The Life and Career of Laura Bragg
83:, Charleston was one of the ten largest cities in America. The
39:
is a period between World Wars I and II in which the city of
342:. Florence County Museum website. Retrieved Jan. 21, 2016.
430:. Morris Museum of Art website. Retrieved Jan. 21, 2016.
364:. Gibbes Museum of Art website. Retrieved Jan. 21, 2016.
222:People associated with the Charleston Renaissance
459:
443:Hutchisson, James M., and Harlan Greene, eds.
378:Hutchisson, James M., and Harlan Greene, eds.
56:The Rector's Kitchen and View of St. Michael's
95:Writers associated with the movement include
390:
388:
374:
372:
370:
109:(author of the first scholarly work on the
385:
367:
423:
421:
419:
417:
415:
350:
348:
61:
49:
18:
99:(author of the book on which the opera
460:
488:Culture of Charleston, South Carolina
412:
345:
335:
333:
331:
329:
195:are sometimes included in the group.
447:. University of Georgia Press, 2003.
400:
382:. University of Georgia Press, 2003.
13:
437:
326:
208:Preservation Society of Charleston
16:Period between World Wars I and II
14:
514:
478:Southern United States literature
216:Greenville County Museum of Art
226:
1:
319:
428:"The Charleston Renaissance"
340:"The Charleston Renaissance"
140:On the institutional front,
7:
179:. Visiting artists such as
54:Alice Ravenel Huger Smith,
23:Alice Ravenel Huger Smith,
10:
519:
452:The Charleston Renaissance
270:
74:
41:Charleston, South Carolina
360:January 27, 2016, at the
254:Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
200:South Carolina Lowcountry
157:Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
406:Allen, Louise Anderson.
395:"Charleston Renaissance"
264:Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
165:Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
454:. Saraland Press, 1998.
493:South Carolina culture
473:American art movements
468:Charleston Renaissance
298:Helen von Kolnitz Hyer
127:Helen von Kolnitz Hyer
71:
70:, oil on canvas, 1920.
59:
58:, watercolor, 1910–15.
37:Charleston Renaissance
32:
498:Art in South Carolina
185:Gabrielle D. Clements
65:
53:
22:
450:Severens, Martha R.
90:Gibbes Museum of Art
45:Southern Renaissance
259:Anna Heyward Taylor
249:William Posey Silva
177:William Posey Silva
161:Anna Heyward Taylor
308:Josephine Pinckney
115:Josephine Pinckney
72:
60:
33:
146:Charleston Museum
133:, and playwright
510:
431:
425:
410:
404:
398:
392:
383:
376:
365:
352:
343:
337:
313:Beatrice Ravenel
244:Anne Taylor Nash
173:Anne Taylor Nash
131:Beatrice Ravenel
68:Magnolia Gardens
518:
517:
513:
512:
511:
509:
508:
507:
458:
457:
440:
438:Further reading
435:
434:
426:
413:
405:
401:
393:
386:
377:
368:
362:Wayback Machine
353:
346:
338:
327:
322:
317:
288:Dorothy Heyward
273:
268:
234:Edwin Harleston
229:
224:
169:Edwin Harleston
135:Dorothy Heyward
111:Gullah language
77:
17:
12:
11:
5:
516:
506:
505:
500:
495:
490:
485:
480:
475:
470:
456:
455:
448:
439:
436:
433:
432:
411:
399:
384:
366:
344:
324:
323:
321:
318:
316:
315:
310:
305:
303:Julia Peterkin
300:
295:
293:DuBose Heyward
290:
285:
280:
274:
272:
269:
267:
266:
261:
256:
251:
246:
241:
236:
230:
228:
225:
223:
220:
181:Ellen Day Hale
119:Julia Peterkin
102:Porgy and Bess
97:DuBose Heyward
81:Antebellum era
76:
73:
66:Alfred Hutty,
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
515:
504:
501:
499:
496:
494:
491:
489:
486:
484:
481:
479:
476:
474:
471:
469:
466:
465:
463:
453:
449:
446:
442:
441:
429:
424:
422:
420:
418:
416:
409:
403:
396:
391:
389:
381:
375:
373:
371:
363:
359:
356:
351:
349:
341:
336:
334:
332:
330:
325:
314:
311:
309:
306:
304:
301:
299:
296:
294:
291:
289:
286:
284:
281:
279:
276:
275:
265:
262:
260:
257:
255:
252:
250:
247:
245:
242:
240:
237:
235:
232:
231:
219:
217:
214:In 1998, the
212:
209:
204:
201:
196:
194:
193:Childe Hassam
190:
189:Edward Hopper
186:
182:
178:
174:
170:
166:
162:
158:
154:
149:
147:
143:
138:
136:
132:
128:
124:
120:
116:
113:), novelists
112:
108:
104:
103:
98:
93:
91:
86:
82:
69:
64:
57:
52:
48:
46:
42:
38:
30:
26:
21:
503:American art
483:Southern art
451:
444:
407:
402:
379:
283:John Bennett
278:Hervey Allen
239:Alfred Hutty
213:
205:
197:
153:Alfred Hutty
150:
139:
123:Hervey Allen
107:John Bennett
105:was based),
100:
94:
78:
67:
55:
36:
34:
25:Bayou Scene
24:
227:Visual arts
142:Laura Bragg
462:Categories
320:References
29:watercolor
85:Civil War
358:Archived
121:, poets
271:Writers
79:In the
75:History
31:, 1920.
191:, and
175:, and
163:, and
129:, and
117:and
35:The
464::
414:^
387:^
369:^
347:^
328:^
187:,
183:,
171:,
159:,
155:,
148:.
137:.
125:,
27:,
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
