This remarkable manuscript map was created by Lieutenant William E. Hall, an engineer assigned to the forces of Union General Quincy Adams Gillmore, which waged a prolonged attack on Morris Island, Fort Sumter, and Charleston Harbor in the summer of 1863. Drawn on a massive scale—twelve inches to the mile—it gives a superb view of ... MORE

As evidenced by a remarkable career that evolved over six decades, William Halsey was one of South Carolina's foremost twentieth century modernists, well known for his vibrant paintings, collages, and sculptures. Born and raised in Charleston, he received early instruction from Elizabeth O'Neill Verner and Edward I. R. Jennings. He spent two ... MORE

Born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1882, Edwin Harleston graduated from Avery Normal Institute in 1900 and Atlanta University in 1904. The following year, he left Atlanta to study at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1906 to 1912, under Edmund Tarbell and Frank W. Benson. He returned to Charleston in 1913 to help his father ... MORE

A representational watercolorist who works in a traditional style, Clint Herring paints scenes of contemporary life that are full of light, color, and sun. His aesthetic approach-informed by the examples of Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth-is based on an interest in geometric design, as well as his desire to capture the "unspoiled essence of ... MORE

A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Willard Hirsch was born in 1905. He studied art at the College of Charleston, Beaux Arts Institute of Design, and National Academy of Design, New York City. Hirsch exhibited at the National Academy routinely from 1935 to 1942, but remained a lifelong resident of Charleston. He taught art for many years at ... MORE

William R. Hollingsworth, Jr. was an artist whose identity and production was deeply connected to his home state of Mississippi and to picturing Southern life. Born in Jackson, he attended the University of Mississippi in 1928 and 1929. He then enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he developed an interest in commercial art, ... MORE

A noted author as well as artist, Edward Stratton Holloway was born in the hamlet of Ashland, New York, surrounded by the Catskill Mountains. Little is known about his early education, but as a young man he undertook formal instruction at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and exhibited there intermittently beginning in 1881 and ... MORE

Born in Schwäbish-Gmund, Germany, Emil Holzhauer arrived in America in 1906--without prospects and unable to speak the language. A century later, Holzhauer's work is lauded as thoroughly American, in terms of its style, subject matter, and sensibility. Influenced most directly by American painters--especially his teachers Robert Henri and ... MORE

A musician, illustrator, and watercolorist, Franz Hölzlhuber created a valuable artistic record of the American frontier in the years just prior to the Civil War. His works portray the character of life and labor in Canada, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and down the Mississippi River to Louisiana. Native American chieftains, railroad camps, and ... MORE

Although she was an accomplished landscape painter whose lyrical abstractions were widely admired during her lifetime, Marie Hull is best known for her portraits of Mississippi archetypes. Born in a small town ... MORE