The Wright Collection of Southern Art

Résumé du livre

"The Wright Collection of Southern Art is an important publication celebrating 40 years of collecting by Dr. Louis D. Wright, Jr. and the late Ann M. Wright. It represents a great artistic transition in the life of the Florence County Museum, Florence County, and the Pee Dee. In its entirety, the Wright Collection of Southern Art was developed around the recognition of Southern Art as a viable facet of American expression and cultural development. It encompasses art produced over a 153-year period, from 1852 to 2005. Artists, whose work is at the center of the collection, are Thomas Hart Benton, Alfred Hutty, Helen Hyde, Florence native artist, William H. Johnson, Alice Huger Smith, Anna Heyward Taylor, Elizabeth O'Neil Verner, Palmer Schoppe, Mary Whyte and Stephen Scott Young." -- Andrew Stout, Museum Director.