Walter Greer Oil Painting "Moonset", 1962

Item Details

Walter Greer (American, 1920-2016)
Moonset, 1962
Oil painting on board
Signed to the lower right
Informative inscription to the verso

Walter Marion Greer, a South Carolina native born in 1920, was the first artist to establish a permanent home on the island of Hilton Head, and he spent his career painting its scenery. He earned two Bachelor of Science degrees, the first from The Citadel, and the second from Clemson University. In 1960 he studied with Ben Shute at the Atlanta School of Art, and then with Robert Phillipp at the National Academy of Design in New York. Greer’s work has been widely exhibited throughout the Southeast, and resides in the collections of the South Carolina Governor’s Mansion, Emory University, the Gibbes Museum in Charleston, and the Greenville County Museum. The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina named its exhibition hall The Walter Greer Gallery in his honor in 1996.

Condition

- wear to edges of frame; dust and accretions present to painting and frame; surface wear present to painting.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 12.25" W x 9" H.

Item #

ITMG344217