Louise Metcalf Isom, Mossy Oak, oil on canvas, 20.25 by 24 inches. Signed lower left.
A native of Tennessee, Louise Isom moved to Sarasota in 1931 and immediately joined the young Sarasota Art Association (founded 1926) as secretary. In 1937 Isom was a participant in the evening sketch classes held at the Ringling School of Art. An active member of the club Isom frequently serving as hostess at member art exhibits, occasionally writing articles on art for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. A skilled silhouette artist, during World War II Isom presented nearly 1500 silhouettes to servicemen who were training in Sarasota.
Louise Metcalf Isom, Fishing on Myakka River, Sarasota, 11.5 by 7.5 inches. Signed and titled on verso.
Born: 1879, Tennessee. Died: April 24, 1970, Sarasota. Education: In Tennessee and Paris. Membership: Sarasota Art Association; Artists Committee, 1946; Florida Federation of Art; Art League of Manatee County, 1954-56. Exhibits: Sarasota Art Association, Artists and Models Exhibit, John Ringling Hotel, Sarasota, January 1938; Sarasota Art Association, Ringling Museum of Art, February 1939; Sarasota Art Association, Cain Building, Orange Avenue, Art in Our Town, December 1939; Sarasota Art Association, 10th Annual, March 1940; Sarasota Art Association, February 1943, Mrs. Bins; Sarasota Art Association, South Palm Avenue, March 1944, Ears of Corn; Sarasota Art Association, South Palm Avenue, January 1945, still life, Crimson Corner with Sofa, Portrait Sketch of Young Boy; Sarasota Art Association, Members Annual Exhibit, March 1945, Incinerator, Myakka Morning; Florida Federation of Art, 19th Annual Exhibition, Miami Beach, December 1945, Incinerator, Still Life; Sarasota Art Association, 221 South Palm Avenue, Members Exhibit, January 1946, portrait, Mary Julia (Daughter-in-law, Mrs. Philip Isom, in a green and white evening gown.); Florida Gulf Coast Group, Clearwater Art Museum, 5th Annual, nationwide circuit, July 1946-May 1947, watercolor, Still Life; Florida Gulf Coast Group, Clearwater Art Museum, 6th Annual, nationwide circuit, July 1947-May 1948, Lunch for Dobbin; Sarasota Art Association, Members Exhibit, January 1948; Sarasota Art Association, Cain Building, December 1948, Myakka Morning, Chesterfields and Champagne; Southeastern 4th Annual, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, October 1949; Sarasota Art Association, winter 1949, Saturday Ritual, Myakka, Windblown Palms; Sarasota Art Association, 25th Anniversary Year, Members Show, January 1951, Mae Berke of Birmingham; Art League of Manatee County, December 1954, award, Myakka in the Morning; Pen and Brush Club Exhibit, New York City, 1955; Sarasota Federal Savings Community Gallery, May 1957, Great Grandmothers Tea Pot, Totin Home the Wash; Sarasota Art Association, Flowers and Landscape Exhibition, January 1959, Gift Bouquet. Directory: Listed in the Sarasota City Directory in 1953, 1955 as an artist with studio at 985 Indian Beach Drive.
Louise Metcalf Isom, Mossy Oak on Bank, oil on canvas 18 by 24 inches. Signed lower left.
