SMA - Permanent Collection

Francesco BARTOLOZZI • Leonard BASKIN • David BENSON • Royall BENTLEY
Carl BLAIR • Vadim BORA • James "Buc" BUCHANAN

Francesco Bartolozzi
Italian - b.1727 d.1815

Bartolozzi was a Florentine engraver who worked for nearly 40 years in London as the engraver for King George III. He became known for using the red-chalk method of engraving.

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Madonna and Child. 1782. etching. 10" x 8"

SAC 1977.2.019 - Gift of The Spartanburg Art Club

Leonard Baskin
American - b.1922 d.2000

Baskin studied at New York University, Yale University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy. In the 1950’s He created a series of full length figures all representing universal man with problems of life and death.

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The Hanged Man. 1950's. woodblock print. 83" x 42".

SAC 1979.01 - Gift of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Whitlock, Jr.

David Benson
Spartanburg, SC

Piedmont Cafe. 1997. collage. 32” x 40”.

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SMA 1998.2

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Dinner Party #2. 1986. collage. 17"w x 22"h.

SAC 1986.02

Dinner Party #2. 1986. decalomania.

SAC 1986.02 - Annual Juried Show purchase award

Images of Mona. 1992. mixed-media. 48” x 35”.

SMA 1997.49

Royall Bentley

untitled. 1985. oil on paper. 14” x 25”.

SMA 1997.61

Carl Blair
Greenville, SC - b.1932

Shown in more than one hundred museums, galleries and universities. His work may be found in some 2,500 permanent private, corporate and public collections including: IBM, Spaulding Corp., BASF Corp., Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery (University of Nebraska), McDonalds International, Hyatt Hotel, Price Waterhouse Coopers, and Tuskeegee Institute.

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Teepee Flat #2. 1977. oil on gesso/rag. 49” x 37.5”.

Born in Atchison, Kansas, Blair received his BFA from the University of Kansas and his MFA from Kansas City Art Institute. For 41 years, Carl Blair was professor of art at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C. Now retired, he continues to paint and exhibit throughout the Southeast.

SMA 1978.09 - 1978 Sidewalk Art Show Purchase Award

Evening Express. 2002. monotype. 17"h x 21"w.

SMA 2005.01 - gift of the artist

Paddy's Lamentation . 2002. monotype. 17"h x 21"w.

SMA 2005.02 - gift of the artist

Vadim Bora
Beslon, North Ossetia, Russia; Asheville, NC - b.1954

The work of Master Sculptor and Painter Vadim Bora reflects the high standards found in classical and contemporary European techniques and traditions.

Originally from the republic of North Ossetia in Russia's Caucasus Mountains, Bora was awarded the coveted status of “Person with Extraordinary Abilities” by the U.S. Government.

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Red October. 2004. oil on panel. 14"h x 11"w.

This work is an example of what has been called Bora's "exuberant expressionism" by a Dutch critic. Bora easily manipulates various media, moving from painting to drawing to sculpture, and readily adjusting his virtuoso technique according to subject matter and his own emotion at the moment.

SMA 2005.04

Indian Summer
from the "Seasons" series. 2004. synthetic stone.
12"L x 8.5"w x 8.5"h

Indian Summer is from Vadim Bora's series "Seasons," which encompasses not only depictions of the seasons in corporeal form but also embodies the poetic emotions of seasonal change. In the "Seasons" series, each sculpture stands on its own as well as within a grouping.

Each sculpture also serves as a model for future monumental-sized pieces. "Summer," for example, (as opposed to "Indian Summer"), has been made into a seven by three foot sculpture in a private garden.

SMA 2005.03

James Buchanan
Spartanburg - b.1909 d.1974

JAMES E. BUCHANAN was completely self-taught. In 1957, Buchanan, along with eighteen other area artists, formed The Spartanburg Artists' Guild. A former officer in the Guild of South Carolina Artists, he was the Display Director at Aug Smith. Known to many locals outside of the art community as the creator of the Aug Smith “Night Before Christmas” diaramas, he was highly regarded in art circles in the Southeast. He and four of the Guild’s other charter members were instrumental in forming The Spartanburg County Historical Association a few weeks after they created the Artists’ Guild.

Oaxaca Market. watercolor. 22"h x 14.5"w

Buchanan accompanied Frank Coleman to Mexico when Coleman received a Mexican Government Fellowship to study Art and Archaeology in 1953.

SAC 1974.1.2

North Church Street, Spartanburg. watercolor.

This painting is of buildings on North Church across from the Time Shop, of which Mr. Claude Cudd was the proprietor for many years.

SAC 1986.3

Chestnut Ridge Church. watercolor. 35.5" x 54".

SAC 1974.1.1 - gift of Frank Coleman