Free Public Reception – The Wright Collection of Southern Art

Now available for purchase, The Wright Collection of Southern Art is an important publication celebrating forty years of collecting by Dr. Louis D. Wright, Jr. and the late Ann M. Wright. It represents a great artistic transition for the Florence County Museum, Florence County, and the Pee Dee region.

In its entirety, the Wright Collection of Southern Art was developed around the recognition of Southern Art as a viable facet of American expression and cultural development. It encompasses art produced over a 153-year period, from 1852 to 2005. At its center are works by noted artists like Thomas Hart Benton, Alfred Hutty, Helen Hyde, Florence native artist William H. Johnson, Alice Huger Smith, Anna Heyward Taylor, Elizabeth O’Neil Verner, Palmer Schoppe, Mary Whyte and Stephen Scott Young.

Copies are available at the Florence County Museum or online at flocomuseum.square.site for $50 each.