Egrets Perched In a Tree
Type:Painting
Size:21.80" x 17.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Sold 11/10/2000 for $64,100, setting a world record price for this artist at auction.
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith ART FOR SALE
1876 Charleston, South Carolina - 1958 Charleston, South Carolina. Known for: Genre, landscape and portrait painting.
One of the leading artists of the Charleston, South Carolina Renaissance, 1915 to 1940, Alice Smith was known for her landscape and genre paintings. She was a descendent of several distinguished... Read full biography
One of the leading artists of the Charleston, South Carolina Renaissance, 1915 to 1940, Alice Smith was known for her landscape and genre paintings. She was a descendent of several distinguished families. She was largely self taught and had neither enough money nor inclination to go to school. She... Read full biography
One of the leading artists of the Charleston, South Carolina Renaissance, 1915 to 1940, Alice Smith was known for her landscape and genre paintings. She was a descendent of several distinguished families. She was largely self taught and had neither enough money nor inclination to go to school. She learned by observing prints of the Japanese ukiyo-e-school, and did numerous woodblock prints using the same principles including the reflection of reverence for nature in her subject matter. New York... Read full biography
One of the leading artists of the Charleston, South Carolina Renaissance, 1915 to 1940, Alice Smith was known for her landscape and genre paintings. She was a descendent of several distinguished families. She was largely self taught and had neither enough money nor inclination to go to school. She learned by observing prints of the Japanese ukiyo-e-school, and did numerous woodblock prints using the same principles including the reflection of reverence for nature in her subject matter. New York artist Lovell Birge Harrison was her only real mentor, and their friendship began in 1908, when he and his wife first stayed in Charleston. They lodged at an inn where there was no studio space, and the friendship began when Smith offered him one of... Read full biography
One of the leading artists of the Charleston, South Carolina Renaissance, 1915 to 1940, Alice Smith was known for her landscape and genre paintings. She was a descendent of several distinguished families. She was largely self taught and had neither enough money nor inclination to go to school. She learned by observing prints of the Japanese ukiyo-e-school, and did numerous woodblock prints using the same principles including the reflection of reverence for nature in her subject matter. New York artist Lovell Birge Harrison was her only real mentor, and their friendship began in 1908, when he and his wife first stayed in Charleston. They lodged at an inn where there was no studio space, and the friendship began when Smith offered him one of the buildings behind her family home. He encouraged her inclination for soft-edged atmospheric lands... Read full biography
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith - Art for Sale (3 available)
Heron Armies Streaming Overhead
Type:Painting
Size:22.00" x 14.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Right
Morning Mist
Type:Painting
Size:20.00" x 14.50"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Morning sun rising over cypress swamp, subtle morning colors.