Meet The Artists

The Pool at the Biltmore Hotel, 1926. Oil on canvas, 30 by 40 inches, signed lower left. Here is a painting by Walter Bowman Russell, The Pool at the Biltmore…

Harvest Moon Sugar Cane, Hillsborough County. Watercolor, tempera, 16 by 24 inches.  Born in Georgia, Norman Borchardt grew up in Tampa, graduating with honors from Hillsborough High School in 1908.…

These three paintings of the Seminole Tribe of Florida were hung in the lobby of the Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach. The hotel, built by Henry M. Flagler, opened…

Earwood, Margaret, Belle Glade. Everglades Cranes, 1944. Exhibited, Pepsi Cola Painting of the Year. Oil on canvas 24 by 30 inches. Margaret Earwood came to Belle Glade in 1946 with…

    W. C. Addison was one of a group of Florida artists, including A. Baranowski of Miami, and Madam Zikmund of St. Petersburg, who may be thought of as…

  Aleen Aked was an important figure in the artistic life of Sarasota in the 1930’s. Born in Yorkshire, England, Aked moved to Canada in 1910 and at age fourteen…

  Sometimes called a “Pre-Highwayman,” Clarence Alderman was born in Sarasota in 1902. As a child he moved with his family to Ft. Green, about an hour east of Bradenton.…

  The Orange City Village Improvement Association published the following regarding Anna Elizabeth Allen: “Elizabeth Allen, after graduating from the Boston Art Institute, taught art in various public schools in…

  Loulie Anderson was one of Tampa’s first professional artists. Anderson moved to Tampa from Missouri where she was director of the art department at Synodical College one of the…

  Celine Baekeland was the wife of Leo Baekeland the inventor of Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic. On the cover of Time Magazine, May 20, 1940, Leo Baekeland was called…

  Bion Barnett Jr. was a leading figure in the Jacksonville art community. A member of the Barnett Banking family, he earned international recognition for his work. Barnett served overseas during…

  Barrie Bart was born and educated in Paris. During World War I, Bart as a pilot with the French airforce, commanding the largest aviation school in France, he was…