968 Mary Chiswell Marshall (American/South Carolina, 1894‑1959) “Looking for Shade on a Summer Day” oil on canvas signed lower right. Presented in a period frame. 18” x 22” $1,000‑$1,500 Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, Mary Chiswell Marshall was a direct descendant of Chief Justice John Marshall. She studied with William Merritt Chase and at the Concoran School of Art and Design. Rare for women at the time, she spent seventeen years as a professor of drawing and painting at the University of South Carolina. While there, she earned many accolades, most importantly the inclusion of her painting “Mrs. Barrett of Lick Skilet Gap” in the First National Exhibition of American Art at the Rockefeller Center, New York in 1936. She was also active in Provincetown, Massachusetts and exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute. This fine example of her work interestingly shows influence of Louisiana realist artist Clarence Millet, especially in the superb handling of light.
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Reference: “Columbia Artist Acclaimed.” The Columbia Record. May 19, 1936. front page.
969 Alexander John Drysdale (American/Louisiana, 1870‑1934) “Bayou Landscape” oil wash on paper board signed lower left. Glazed and framed. sight 5‑1/4” x 19‑1/4” 969
$1,000‑$1,500 970 Alexander John Drysdale (American/Louisiana, 1870‑1934) “Bayou Landscape” oil wash on paper board signed lower right. Glazed and framed. sight 5‑1/4” x 19‑1/4” $1,000‑$1,500
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