One of the key figures of the Charleston Renaissance, Anna Heyward Taylor is best known for her woodblock prints, executed both in brilliant color and dramatic black-and-white. Born to a distinguished South Carolina family, Taylor was educated privately before graduating from the South Carolina College for Women in 1897. Determined to be an ... MORE

Though born in Chur, Switzerland, Jeremiah Theus became the premier colonial portrait painter of South Carolina, portraying the elite of plantation and merchant society for over three decades. He emigrated with his family and arrived in the region in 1736, the sources and extent of his artistic training unknown. By 1740, however, he was ... MORE

A native of Rotterdam, Holland, Anthony Thieme studied extensively in Europe before immigrating to the United States in 1917. He began his art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, followed by classwork at the Royal Academy at the Hague. From 1906-1908, he was apprenticed to George Hoecker, Germany's foremost stage designer, ... MORE

Enchanted by the beauty of the Carolina Lowcountry, Walter Whitcomb Thompson moved to Beautfort, South Carolina in 1934. For the remainder of his life, he would play a central role--as painter, teacher, and advocate--in the advancement of art within the state. Thompson studied art at the New School of Design in Boston and the University of ... MORE

Born in Massachusetts, but raised in Albany and New York City, Thomas Bangs Thorpe studied painting with John Quidor, whose enthusiasm for the stories of Washington Irving would have a major influence on him. Thorpe spent two years at Wesleyan University until 1837 when he withdrew, partly as a result of poor health. Along with several Southern ... MORE