Lyell E. Carr

Lyell E. Carr
Born1854
Died1912
OccupationPainter

Lyell E. Carr (1854–1912) was an American painter who painted scenes of African Americans and landscapes in the Deep South,[1] especially Georgia in the 1890s.[2] Carr painted in the Barbizon style.[3]

Biography

Carr was born in 1854 in Sandwich, Illinois.[3] His first studio was located in Chicago. He moved to New York in the early 1880s, and then to Europe for a formal art education in 1884.[4] His works gained national recognition in 1894 when praised by the magazine The Quarterly Illustrator as a successor to the paintings of Eastman Johnson and Winslow Homer.[4]

His work is featured in the collection of the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia,[5] as well as the Johnson Collection in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

References

  1. ^ "Portraying African Americans with Respect" (PDF). Spyglass: A Look at the Cahoon Museum of Art. Spring 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  2. ^ Bonner, Judith H.; Pennington, Ester Curtis; Wilson, Charles Reagan, eds. (2013). The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press Books. p. 126. ISBN 9780807869949.
  3. ^ a b "Lyell Carr". The Johnson Collection, LLC. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  4. ^ a b "Lyell E. Carr :". Robert M. Hicklin Jr., Inc. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  5. ^ "Lyell E. Carr (1857–1912) Opossum Snout, Haralson County, Georgia". Morris Museum of Art. Retrieved 5 March 2024.