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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Teaching Capitalism to Nature by Clint Sleeper, Image 1.

    Clint Sleeper

    Teaching Capitalism to Nature, 2014

    Archival pigment print

    32.5 x 41 in (82.55 x 104.14 cm)

  2. Sankt Gottard Mainz III by Amy Namowitz Worthen, Image 1.

    Amy Namowitz Worthen

    Sankt Gottard Mainz III, 1982

    Engraving on paper

    14.25 x 12.75 in (36.2 x 32.39 cm)

  3. Weaver's Blue Dream by Richard Black, Image 1.

    Richard Black

    Weaver's Blue Dream, 1980

    Lithograph on paper

    22 x 14.125 in (55.88 x 35.88 cm)

  4. Standing Objects by John Wallace, Image 1.

    John Wallace

    Standing Objects, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

    22.25 x 30 in (56.52 x 76.2 cm)

  5. Rome, from RISD Portfolio by Marc Blandori, Image 1.

    Marc Blandori

    Rome, from RISD Portfolio, 1973

    Gelatin silver print mounted to drawing board

    9.5 x 6.375 in (24.13 x 16.19 cm)

  6. Rubbing #3 by Bernard Pfriem, Image 1.

    Bernard Pfriem

    Rubbing #3, 1961

    Lithograph on paper

    10 x 14 in (25.4 x 35.56 cm)

  7. Fulham (Chelsea) by James McNeill Whistler, Image 2.

    James McNeill Whistler

    Fulham (Chelsea), 1879

    Etching and drypoint on paper

    5.5 x 8 in (13.97 x 20.32 cm)

  8. Jan Asselyn, Painter by Harmenszoon van Rijn Rembrandt, Image 1.

    Harmenszoon van Rijn Rembrandt

    Jan Asselyn, Painter, c. 1647

    Etching on paper

    8 x 7 in (20.32 x 17.78 cm)

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About the artist

William Melton Halsey

American

1915-1999

William Melton Halsey was an abstract expressionist painter whose work was influential in the American southeast, particularly in his home state of South Carolina. Halsey studied at the University of South Carolina and later at the school of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston under Alexander Lacovleff and Karl Zerbe. He taught at the Gibbes Art Gallery and the Charleston School of Art, and founded the Studio Art Department at the College of Charleston. Halsey credits the area he grew up in, Charleston, SC, as a source of inspiration in his artwork. Halsey stands out as the southern artist who pioneered a style of appreciation for the abstract in a region steeped in realism. He is known for his paintings, collages, and sculptures that are full of explosive colors, geometric shapes, textures, fabrics, and materials.