"Isle of Palm" by Eola Willis

Eola Willis (South Carolina 1856- 1952) Charleston Artist, "Isle of Palm," oil on board painting, signed lower right, gilt frame.

Condition: Excellent, frame has some scuffs

Material: Oil on board

Period: 20th century

Dimensions: 29"W x 33"H framed size

Inventory# V30806

Eola Willis is one of Charleston, South Carolina's "principal local artists" and was a multi-talented artist, musician, historian, and writer. While enrolled at the Art Students League, NY from 1896 to 1899, her instructors included William Merritt Chase, Helen Smillie, and Rhoda Holmes Nicholls.

In 1900, Willis left for Paris to study at the Collège de France and at the Louvre. Back at home, she was one of the original members of the Sketch Club of the Carolina Art Association, founded in 1912. In 1915, she was named to the Charleston Art Commission, the first woman and first artist to be included on that board.