The Gibbes Museum of Art announces a new exhibit featuring Alice Smith.
Celebrating 150 years of Alice Smith
Beginning September 18, 2026
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith devoted her life to capturing the landscapes and waterways of South Carolina’s Lowcountry. Born in Charleston in 1876, Smith was exposed to painting by attending classes at the art school established by the Carolina Art Association (now the Gibbes Museum of Art.) Throughout her career, Smith honed her craft through a variety of media and techniques, including drawing, etching, block printing, and oil painting. Watercolor, however, is the medium for which Smith is best known. The artist’s celebrated ethereal scenes of marshes, rivers, woodlands, birdlife, and coastal light express her lifelong devotion to nature and to her homeland.
-Submitted by The Gibbes Museum
(Image credit: The Gibbes Museum)