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Trapped in Time: The Legacy of Charleston Renaissance artist Ned Jennings

courtesy of Gibbes Museum of Art; The Charleston Museum; Harlan Greene & courtesy of South Carolina Historical SocietyPhotos 15Issue November 2023
Trapped in Time: The Legacy of Charleston Renaissance artist Ned JenningsTrapped in Time: The Legacy of Charleston Renaissance artist Ned JenningsTrapped in Time: The Legacy of Charleston Renaissance artist Ned JenningsTrapped in Time: The Legacy of Charleston Renaissance artist Ned JenningsTrapped in Time: The Legacy of Charleston Renaissance artist Ned JenningsIn December 1926, Jennings visited Paris where he studied under artists Mela Mutter (1876-1967) and Walter Rene Fuerst (1885-1948), painting views of the city; On the Seine (watercolor on paper, 1927)The former Charleston Museum on Rutledge Avenue, where Jennings created his dioramas, “The Drama of Western Civilization.”Museum director Laura Bragg, circa 1935Canal St. Martin, Paris (watercolor on paper, 1927)Trapped in Time: The Legacy of Charleston Renaissance artist Ned JenningsTwo Figures (ink on paper, circa 1928)Jennings as pictured in the Charleston News & Courier, circa 1928.Author John Bennett, a leading figure of the Charleston Renaissance, wrote of Ned Jennings’s suicide in a letter to his daughter, Susan (right).Fawn: Design for a mask (gouache on cardboard, 1927)Costume design for Marine Ballet (gouache on board, 17 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches, circa 1923)

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Out of Time: Learn about the personal challenges and tragic end of Ned Jennings, a young and promising Charleston Renaissance artist
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