WILLIAM MELTON HALSEY (1915–1999). A native of Charleston, South Carolina, William Halsey broke away from the conventions of most local painters to become a pioneer of modern art in the South. As a... Read full biography
WILLIAM MELTON HALSEY (1915–1999). A native of Charleston, South Carolina, William Halsey broke away from the conventions of most local painters to become a pioneer of modern art in the South. As a boy growing up during the heyday of the Charleston's early twentieth century artistic renaissance,... Read full biography
WILLIAM MELTON HALSEY (1915–1999). A native of Charleston, South Carolina, William Halsey broke away from the conventions of most local painters to become a pioneer of modern art in the South. As a boy growing up during the heyday of the Charleston's early twentieth century artistic renaissance, Halsey's first art lessons were with one of that movement's leaders, Elizabeth O'Neill Verner. Following two years at the University of South Carolina, Halsey pursued further artistic training at the... Read full biography
WILLIAM MELTON HALSEY (1915–1999). A native of Charleston, South Carolina, William Halsey broke away from the conventions of most local painters to become a pioneer of modern art in the South. As a boy growing up during the heyday of the Charleston's early twentieth century artistic renaissance, Halsey's first art lessons were with one of that movement's leaders, Elizabeth O'Neill Verner. Following two years at the University of South Carolina, Halsey pursued further artistic training at the school of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. There, he studied traditional line drawing with Alexander Iacovleff and color theory with Karl Zerbe. In 1939, Halsey was awarded the school's highest honor, the James William Paige Fellowship, for study... Read full biography
WILLIAM MELTON HALSEY (1915–1999). A native of Charleston, South Carolina, William Halsey broke away from the conventions of most local painters to become a pioneer of modern art in the South. As a boy growing up during the heyday of the Charleston's early twentieth century artistic renaissance, Halsey's first art lessons were with one of that movement's leaders, Elizabeth O'Neill Verner. Following two years at the University of South Carolina, Halsey pursued further artistic training at the school of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. There, he studied traditional line drawing with Alexander Iacovleff and color theory with Karl Zerbe. In 1939, Halsey was awarded the school's highest honor, the James William Paige Fellowship, for study abroad. Originally scheduled to travel to Europe with his new wife, fellow artist Corrie McCallum, the onset of World War II necessitated a change... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (20)
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Visual Art and the Urban Evolution of the New South
2015
Pollack, Deborah C.
400 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
William Halsey
1999
Severens, Martha R.
83 pages (color)
The Charleston Renaissance (Publ. of Charleston Renaissance Gallery)
1998
Severens, Martha R
216 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
The Art of the Old South: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and the Products of Craftsmen
1983
Poesch, Jessie
384 pages (color)
Painting in the South: 1564-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Virginia Museum, Richmond
362 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue
1975
Chambers, Bruce W
127 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
William M Halsey Retrospective (Exhibition catalog)
1972
Morris, Jack
109 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists of South Carolina
1970
Morris, Jack; Robert Smeltz
0 pages
Prizewinning Watercolors & Prizewinning Art
1966
Harold, Margaret (compiler)
0 pages
Prize Winning Oil Paintings Book II
1962
Harold, Margaret
96 pages (color)
American Painting Today
1956
Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel (ed)
127 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index