Alfred Hutty South Carolina/New York (1877-1954) PREPARATION drypoint etching, unframed signed & titled: lower margin in pencil image size: H8" W8 3/4" *Artist biography: Alfred Hutty worked for Tiffany Studios and lived in Woodstock, New York. He was a leading figure in the Charleston Renaissance group of artists, active between 1915 and 1940, who stirred national interest through their widely distributed illustrations of life in the historic city. He came to Charleston looking for a warm climate in which to spend the winter, and from 1920 to 1924 directed the school of the Carolina Art Association at the Gibbes Art Gallery. He was also one of the founding members of the Charleston Etchers' Club. He worked primarily in drypoint but also did paintings of non-romanticized scenes such as stooped figures in doorways and buildings in need of repair. In fact, he did a drypoint etching of the tenement on Catfish Row immortalized by DuBose Heyward in his novel "Porgy." He also did oil paintings of lush gardens and plantation scenes. Hutty came every year to Charleston until his death in 1956 in Woodstock. *Reference: Saunders, Boyd. ALFRED HUTTY AND THE CHARLESTON RENAISSANCE. Orangeburg, SC: Sandlapper, 1990. p.118.