Artists Pages

Carl Blair


2 Oakleaf Road
Greenville, South Carolina
(864)244-9159
CRBlair532@aol.com

Wild Country: Oil. 38 1/2" x 51"

Inspiration:".....a visit to New Mexico(Taos)in the Mid Sixties"

How Piece was Acquired:Purchased in 1978

Appalachian Spring: Oil/Wax. 50" x 38"

Inspiration:"....many visits through the Appalachian corridor"

How Piece was Acquired:Purchased in 1977:Funds from James H. Burroughs Purchase Award.

Links:
LaszloArt.com/SummitOne.htm
ElderArt.com

Artist's History:
Birthplace:
Atchinson, Kansas 1932
Education:
MFA, Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design
B.F.A.University of Kansas

Awards:
Over 90 awards, State,Regional and National since 1957

Exhibitions:
Shown in more than one hundred museums, galleries and universities including:
Brenau College National Painting Invitational,
33rd Butler Institute ìMid-year Invitationalî,
Art Across America ñ The Mead Paper Company,
International Platform Assoc. (Washington, DC)
Bertha Schaefer Gallery (New York City),
Issac Delgado Museum (New Orleans)
Columbia Museum of Art 2001
Art in the Embassies, Cairo, Egypt, 1994-98
Mauritania, Africa,1994-1998
Invitational Group Exhibitions Rome, Italy, Portrait of the South, Palazzo Venesia, Rome, Italy
40 Year Retrospective, Greenville County Museum of Art, 1995

Permanent Collections:
Works in some 2500 permanent private, corporate and public collections including:
IBM,
Spaulding Corporation,
BASF Corporation,
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery (University of Nebraska),
McDonalds International,
Hyatt Hotel,
Price Waterhouse,Coopers, and Tuskeegee Institute.
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Ritz Carlton, San Jose, Puerto Rico

Publications:
The Fine Art Index,
American Artists,
New York Art Review
The Art Gallery Magazine
La Revue Moderne.
Biography ñ International Directory of Art;
Dictionary of International Biography;
Men of Achievement;
International Directory of Distinguished Leadership;
International Leaders in Achievement.

Other Notable Works:
Appointed to S.C. Arts Commission by Governor Carroll Campbell 1987-90
Reappointed 1990-93
Reappointed 1993-96 by Governor David Beasley
Elected Chairman 1994-96
Co-Founder Hampton III Gallery 1972-President

Gallery Affiliations:
Hampton III Gallery,10 Gallery Center, Taylors, S.C. 29687 (864) 268-2771, Hampton3Gallery@mindspring.com
Summit One Gallery, P.O. Box 1365, Highlands, N.C. 28741 (828)526-2673, Summitonegallery@aol.com
Elder Art Gallery, 1427 South Boulevard, Suite 101,Charlotte,N.C. 29203 (704)370-6337