Archer Milton Huntington (1870–1955) and his wife, Anna Vaughn Hyatt (1876–1973), were individuals with modest personal style and rare artistic vision. Huntington’s philanthropy extended from coast to coast, founding museums and providing financial support to countless arts, literary, and historical organizations.
In 1923, after he married the prominent 20th-century sculptor, Anna Hyatt, they established an outdoor museum of American figurative sculpture and supported numerous artists during the Great Depression. Together, their beneficence was far-reaching and influential. The lecture focuses on the creation of Brookgreen Gardens and their legacy.
Lecture Title: American Sculpture and the Huntington Legacy
Speaker: Robin R. Salmon
Date: November 6, 2018
Location: Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine, California
About the Speaker:
A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Robin R. Salmon has been on the staff of Brookgreen Gardens since 1975. She oversees the acquisition, exhibition, and conservation of Brookgreen’s art, history, library, and archives collections, and directs the activities of the Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Center for American Sculpture at Brookgreen Gardens. Salmon has a BA degree in history and an MA in art history from the University of South Carolina and is a graduate of the Museum Management Institute. She has been an elected member of the National Sculpture Society since 1991, serves on its board of directors, and on the editorial board of its magazine, Sculpture Review. In 2007, Salmon received the Society’s Sculpture House Award given for outstanding service to American figurative sculpture. She is the 2018 recipient of the Gari Melchers Memorial Medal of Artists’ Fellowship, Inc. for materially furthering the interest of the profession of the fine arts.
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Is it possible to receive a copy of the Robin Salmon lecture.
I live near Brookgreen Gardens and would love to read more about these special people.
Hello, Marlene! Please reach out to Brookgreen directly for more details about the lecture. Thanks for your interest!
I visited Brookgreen years ago and wish I had a paper and pencil. I still remember the huge Pegasus Sculpture and I’d love to have the quote inscribed there. The whole place was wonderful.
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