Mexico and the Charleston Renaissance

Exhibition Website

Sep 15 2017 - May 20 2018

Gibbes Museum of Art

Charleston, SC


This exhibition explores the influence of Mexican art and culture upon American artists in the mid-20th century, particularly artists associated with the Charleston Renaissance. 

Mexico and the Charleston Renaissance features paintings and works on paper from the Gibbes Collection by William Halsey, Anna Heyward Taylor, George Biddle, Charles Wilbert White, Edward Middleton Manigault and Corrie McCallum.


Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website
Image: Mexican Street Scene, ca. 1935, By Anna Heyward Taylor (American, 1879-1956); Oil on canvas; 39 x 33 inches; Gift of the artist; 1953.007.0020; Image courtesy of the Gibbes Museum of Art/Carolina Art Association
  • Various Media
  • Latin American
  • Mexico
  • William Halsey
  • Anna Heyward Taylor
  • George Biddle
  • Charles Wilbert White
  • Edward Middleton Manigault
  • Corrie McCallum

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