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Backstage

Alfred Hutty

1877-1954

Backstage

Oil on canvas

36 1/8 in x 32 1/8 in

Circa 1940

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“Come quickly, have found Heaven” was what Alfred Hutty supposedly wired his wife in 1920 after first setting foot in Charleston, South Carolina. Enthralled from the beginning, he spent winters there until his death thirty-four years later.

Hutty emerged as a leader of the Charleston Renaissance, the economic and cultural movement that revitalized the historic city. In Backstage, he did not idealize the cityscape, emphasizing instead the shapes and textures of buildings in decay. An accomplished printmaker, Hutty often created parallel images; his etchings, small in scale and inexpensive, were purchased by tourists, which in turn helped to energize the Charleston Renaissance.

As Published In:

Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection, 2015

As Exhibited In:

Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, November 1, 2015–January 3, 2016, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA, January 16–April 10, 2016, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN, January 16–April 10, 2016, McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC, May 19–August 5, 2017, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA, October 13, 2017–March 25, 2018, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, August 28–December 13, 2018

Behind the Lines: Artist-Soldiers in the Johnson Collection, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, July 10–September 10, 2014

Awakened from Years of Slumber: The Economic Impact of the Charleston Renaissance Painters, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, December 7, 2012–March 1, 2013

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