Biografie von Elsie Jean MCWHORTER (1932)

Birth place: Laurel, MS

Addresses: Columbia, SC

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Univ. Ga. (B.F.A., 1954, M.F.A., 1956), with Lamar Dodd, Howard Thomas, Abbott Patterson, Joseph Di Martini, Ulfert Wilkie & Dan Lutz; Brooklyn Mus. Sch., Max Beckmann scholar, 1956-57, with Reuben Tam & Yonia Fain.

Exhibited: US Info. Agency Show-Europe & Near East, 1956-1957; MidSouth Exhib., Memphis, Tenn., 1962; Butler Inst. Am. Art Ann., Youngstown, Ohio, 1963; Drawing USA, Saint Paul 2nd Biennial Competition, Saint Paul Art Ctr., Minn., 1963; 23rd Ann. Nat. WC Exhib., Miss. Art Assn, 1964. Awards: First prize, 5th Ann All-State Show, Knoxville, Tenn, 1955; first prize, 24th Nat Watercolor Show, State Coliseum, Jackson, Miss, 1965; first prize, Flower Festival, Greenwood, SC, 1971.

Member: Guild SC Artist; Artist Guild Columbia; SC Craftmen.

Work: Gibbes Art Gal., Charleston, SC; Brooks Art Gal., Memphis, Tenn; Greenville Co. Mus. Art, SC; Arts Comn. SC; Columbia; Miss. Art Assn., State Coliseum, Jackson. Commissions: seal for Sumter Co, SC, 1965; welded bronze fountain, Tom Jenkins Realty Co, Columbia, 1966; mural, USPO, Camden, SC, 1967; mural, Baker Bldg., Southern Bell Tel. Co., Columbia, 1968

Comments: Teaching: asst. prof. art, Morningside Col., 1958-61; instr. drawing, painting & sculpture, Richland Art Sch., Columbia Mus. Art, 1961-; instr. sculpture & design, Univ. SC, 1966-67.

Sources: WW73; Prize Winning Sculpture (1963) & Prize Winning Watercolors (1965, Allied Fla.); Jack Morris, article, In: Contemp. SC Artists (1970).