Studio in Charleston
Artist
Hobson Pittman
American, 1899–1972
Date1954
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions19 1/2 x 32 3/8 in. (49.5 x 82.2 cm)
Frame: 27 x 40 in. (68.6 x 101.6 cm)
Frame: 27 x 40 in. (68.6 x 101.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Clark, Nan Clark, and Mr. D. Russell Clark
Object numberG.55.22.1
On View
Not on viewAs Others See Us (brochure) (Charleston, SC: Gibbes Art Gallery, 1961), no. 8, illus. (b-w).
Hobson Pittman Retrospective Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1963), cat. no. 41, illus. (b-w).
American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 59, illus. (b-w).
Ernie Wood, Raleigh: The News and Observer (October 15, 1972), illus.
Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 289.
Meade B. Horne, The Poet's Palette: Selected Works by Hobson Pittman (Tarboro: Blount-Bridgers House/Hobson Pittman Memorial Gallery Foundation, Inc., 1999), 23, illus. (color).
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, Philadelphia Art Alliance, regional exhibition, 1954.
New York, NY, National Academy of Design, Annual Exhibition, 1954.
New York, NY, Milch Galleries, one-man exhibition, 1954.
Youngstown, OH, Butler Art Institute, “National Mid-Year Exhibition,” 1954 (or 1955).
Greenville, NC, Festival, April 12–28, 1957.
Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, “Faculty Exhibition,” October 22–November 27, 1960, no. 92.
Charleston, SC, Gibbes Art Gallery, “As Others See Us: Charlestonians Look at Charleston,” January 31–February 21, 1961, no. 8, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Hobson Pittman Retrospective Exhibition,” February 2–March 3, 1963, cat. no. 41, illus. (b-w).
Greenville, NC, Greenville Art Center, “Hobson Pittman,” May 19–June 6, 1963.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection,” April 1–23, 1967, cat. no. 59, illus. (b-w).
Charleston, SC, Gibbes Art Gallery, “Art in South Carolina, 1670–1970,” March 1970–January 1971, cat. no. 234.
Tarboro, NC, John L. Jenkins home, “Benefit for the NCMA campaign fund,” March 17–20, 1978.
Object Rights Statement
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) makes images of its collection available online to support research and scholarship and to inform and educate the public. Certain works of art, as well as the photographs of those works of art, may be protected by copyright, trademark, or related interests not owned by the NCMA. The responsibility for ascertaining whether any such rights exist and for obtaining all other necessary permissions remains with the applicant. To request images and/or permissions from the NCMA, please complete our online request form.
