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George Hand Wright ( Pennsylvania / Connecticut 1872-1951) Beaufort South Carolina Landscape Pastel on Paper Signed lower right Scene depicts one of South Carolinas coastal Sea Islands 'Beaufort' Marsh landscape near water inlet with buildings female figure and grass covered banks cloudy sky 34 1/2" L 28 1/2" H Art 24 3/4" L 18 3/4" H in Overall Great Condition We Provide Efficient and Economical In-house Shipping US & Worldwide also including White Glove Door-to-Door Delivery Service with Personal Drivers Across the Tri-State Area For Further Details Please Select 'Buyer Arranged Shipping' and Contact our Office. Please View all Photographs Closely Out of a Well Refined New York City Estate Thank you for Bidding with Gold Coast Auctioneers 50 Werman ct Plainview NY 11803 tel. 516-586-3992 We are now accepting Consignments for our future auction Search words: Fine Art for collectors Contemporary art victorian art 19th century art american art fine decor wall decor home decor interior design wetlands landscape swamp early 20th century art Born in Pennsylvania, he studied in his native state at the Academy of Fine Arts and the Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. He began his career in 1892 as an apprentice with a lithography company in Philadelphia, and then went to New York and worked as a jewelry designer. He sold his first drawings to Century Magazine, and later contributed to Harper's and The Saturday Evening Post. In 1907, he moved to Westport, Connecticut. Wright exhibited at the Art Students League in New York City and the Ferargil Galleries. He was a member and past president of the Salmagundi Club and the Dutch Treat Club in New York City. Wright's travels in the South are not documented, and his work is rarely dated. He appears, however, to have visited South Carolina on at least one occasion, in 1915, when he recorded aspects of African-American life in Beaufort, a small coastal town seventy miles south of Charleston. Only one of the known paintings is dated a small watercolor entitled Laundry Day in South Carolina. The series also included A Black Wedding in Beaufort, South Carolina and similar works. Watercolors of Zig Zag Alley, Chalmers Street, and related subjects suggest that Wright began his trip in Charleston and then traveled to Beaufort by boat, stopping at Edisto to paint a series of pastels, including Looking at Rockville from Edisto Island. Although Wright was clearly engaged with realist concerns throughout his career, his pastels of the 1930s and 40s, which include scenes of African-American life in Edisto and Beaufort, are more decorative in color and composition, and may have been composed from earlier sketches, aided by memory. He was also a member and past president of the Society of Illustrators and the Westport Artists Group, and a member of the Society of American Etchers.