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1899 Plantation near Allendale, South Carolina - 1971 Brick House Plantation, near Wiggins, South Carolina. Known for: Landscape and figure silhouettes of the deep South.
Carew Rice (1899-1971) was born at on a plantation near Bostic Pond about three and a half miles south of Allendale, South Carolina. He was educated at the University of Chattanooga where he took an... Read full biography
Carew Rice (1899-1971) was born at on a plantation near Bostic Pond about three and a half miles south of Allendale, South Carolina. He was educated at the University of Chattanooga where he took an art course as an elective. His professor commented that most people identify their friends by... Read full biography
Carew Rice (1899-1971) was born at on a plantation near Bostic Pond about three and a half miles south of Allendale, South Carolina. He was educated at the University of Chattanooga where he took an art course as an elective. His professor commented that most people identify their friends by profiles, not the details of their hair color, height or complexion. Rice was so taken with the comment that he went into a dime store in downtown Chattanooga and bought a pair of scissors on a whim for a... Read full biography
Carew Rice (1899-1971) was born at on a plantation near Bostic Pond about three and a half miles south of Allendale, South Carolina. He was educated at the University of Chattanooga where he took an art course as an elective. His professor commented that most people identify their friends by profiles, not the details of their hair color, height or complexion. Rice was so taken with the comment that he went into a dime store in downtown Chattanooga and bought a pair of scissors on a whim for a quarter. He went back to his boardinghouse that evening and began cutting his way into Southern history. Rice was also a folk-singer and story-teller well known throughout South Carolina and his intricate compositions of Lowcountry landscapes and... Read full biography
Carew Rice (1899-1971) was born at on a plantation near Bostic Pond about three and a half miles south of Allendale, South Carolina. He was educated at the University of Chattanooga where he took an art course as an elective. His professor commented that most people identify their friends by profiles, not the details of their hair color, height or complexion. Rice was so taken with the comment that he went into a dime store in downtown Chattanooga and bought a pair of scissors on a whim for a quarter. He went back to his boardinghouse that evening and began cutting his way into Southern history. Rice was also a folk-singer and story-teller well known throughout South Carolina and his intricate compositions of Lowcountry landscapes and figurative silhouettes were eagerly sought by Charleston society and collectors throughout the world. There was a tim... Read full biography
Carew Rice - Artist Info
About Carew Rice: Keywords
Keywords (7)
Art Method
- •Silhouettist
Art Media
- •Paper as Art Media
Art Subject
- •Children, Child Figure, Genre, Portrait
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Silhouettes, Silhouette Portraiture
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950