This looks pretty interesting, but what is it and who made it? Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
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Our Nov. 23 mystery, “Who painted this?,” was an excerpt from a 1920 painting of Magnolia Gardens by Charleston Renaissance artist Alfred Hutty. You can learn more about Hutty in the new full issue of Statehouse Report in the S.C. Encyclopedia entry.
Congratulations to the two readers who correctly identified the image: George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; and Jay Altman of Columbia.
Graf shared how Hutty moved to Charleston in 1919 “when he was in his early 40s and immediately cabled his wife — “Come quickly. Have found heaven.” Hutty had worked as a stained glass designer in Kansas City and at Tiffany Glass Studios in New York. He had a long association with the Woodstock, NY art community and with Lowell Birge Harrison, who was also a mentor of fellow Charleston artist Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. Even after he moved to Charleston, Hutty maintained a studio in Woodstock until his death in 1954. Primarily an oil and watercolor painter, Hutty did not seriously take up etching until after his move to Charleston but quickly demonstrated his complete mastery of the medium, winning national awards and was the first American to be elected to the British Society of the Graphic Arts.” (Source: AshevilleArt.com).
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