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Artist Spotlight • Permanent Collection
Curatorial Perspective: Charles Burchfield and Edward Hopper
Friends and colleagues, Charles Burchfield and Edward Hopper are considered two of the most significant American watercolor painters of the twentieth century. They were also among the many American painters […]
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Artist Spotlight: George Biddle (1885–1973)
This summer the spotlight is on Philadelphia native, George Biddle (1885–1973). Biddle spent most of his childhood in New England. He went to the Groton School, where President Franklin Roosevelt […]
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Andreas Karales’ Memories of his Father, James
How does a photograph stand the test of time? What makes it different than one taken at the same moment and place? Many people have told me that the photographs […]
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Artist Spotlight: Mark Catesby (1683–1749)
In conjunction with the 300th anniversary of Mark Catesby’s first voyage to the New World, the Gibbes is hosting a special exhibition of Catesby’s prints and two rare bound volumes […]
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Artist Spotlight: Prentiss Taylor
Experience Meeting, Macedonia A.M.E., 1934 This summer a small exhibition of works by the fascinating American Scene lithographer, Prentiss Taylor, will be featured in Gallery H at the Gibbes. Born […]
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Mary Whyte: Working South
By now you have probably heard about our current Main Gallery exhibition, Mary Whyte: Working South. The exhibition has been written up in magazines, newspapers, online newsletters, and even has […]
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Seven Reasons to See The Art of Alfred Hutty: Woodstock to Charleston (January 20 – April 22, 2012)
As an intern reporting to Sara Arnold, Curator of Collections, I spent the fall at the Gibbes adapting text from the book The Life and Art of Alfred Hutty: Woodstock […]
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Jill Hooper: Contemporary Realist
Portraits have always played a significant role in the art of Charleston, and the Gibbes collection. The very first work of art accessioned into the collection was a portrait of […]
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Artist Spotlight: Corrie McCallum (American, 1914–2009)
Our current exhibition, Breaking Down Barriers: 300 Years of Women in Art, features over 30 groundbreaking women artists, each with their own compelling story and artistic vision. Included among this […]
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Artist Spotlight: Margaret Bourke-White
Since Margaret Bourke-White’s iconic images will be featured in both of the Gibbes’ upcoming exhibitions—Breaking Down Barriers: 300 Years of Women in Art and Camera Works: Masters in Photography—we thought […]
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