The Dead Artists Gallery

The Dead Artists Gallery đź“Ť151 Main Street, Highlands, NC 28741
Come see a large selection of affordable decorative art dating back to the late 18th-20th century Welcome to our Gallery.

The Dead Artists Gallery was created to provide Interior Designers and Architects affordable fine art as decoration for local as well as international client projects. We are proud to offer one of the largest selections of mid-eighteenth through mid-twentieth century art in the Southeast. These are singular, one-off pieces since most of the artists are no longer painting (though all may not be dea

d!). Sizes, color palates and appropriate period framing have all been taken into consideration; the art ranges from whimsical to serious. Because some of our art is decorative for art’s sake, not all of our artists have been identified. Some have been described by our “pickers” without our authentication, but given out of interest. Please call for additional information. For the trade, frame sizes are the dimensions given; canvas size furnished on request. Shipping available to continental United States; pricing includes packing, shipping and insurance. To learn more about our gallery please visit us at: www.TheDeadArtistsGallery.com

✨NOT DEAD YET ARTIST SPOTLIGHT!✨ Today’s spotlight from our current Not Dead Yet Exhibit is Mary Lou Carpenter. Her pain...
09/11/2026

✨NOT DEAD YET ARTIST SPOTLIGHT!✨ Today’s spotlight from our current Not Dead Yet Exhibit is Mary Lou Carpenter. Her paintings are known for their vibrancy, color and depth. Carpenter’s work is mainly contemporary with skyscapes being one of her specialties. Her work can be seen locally at the Bascom however, her award-winning work has been included in some major collections, for example, the University of Kentucky, the Cartersville Museum and the Birmingham Airport. Along with these she has done commissioned pieces for places such as, the JFK Plaza and Airport in New York City, NY and the John Portman Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, GA. Make sure to stop by and check out these extremely impressive works because you definitely won’t leave disappointed! Plus if you absolutely love it and can’t live without it… purchase it and take it home with you; all of the pieces from our exhibit are for sale!

Picasso(1881-1973) had his"Blue Period"...1901-1904. Cesare Ricciardi (1892-1973) had his"Moonlit Harbor Period" two dec...
09/11/2026

Picasso(1881-1973) had his"Blue Period
"...1901-1904. Cesare Ricciardi (1892-1973) had his
"Moonlit Harbor Period" two decades later....1928-1935.
Contemporaries, both used monochromatic paint in blue and gray tones. Picasso painted during a deep depression following the su***de of his friend Casagenas at the L'Hippodrome Cafe in Paris, February, 1901. Although Ricciardi's blue works do not feel as though they were painted during such saddness, one can only speculate. An Italian immigrant, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under the influential training of Thomas Anshutz, Cecelia Beaux, Hugh Breckenridge and Robert Henri. Traveling to Paris for further studies, he later became a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club and the Philadelphia Art Alliance. His specialty was society portraits, but he traveled to New England often which led to his early moonlit harbor and dock scenes, especially in the Boston area. It is interesting that both of these artists' blue periods are some of the most sought after their works today. 21 x 26 in original oil gilt frame, signed and dated
"1931", L/L, $1250.

Oil on board, signed, dated, and inscribed L/R "A.Hacker, Amsterdam, 1914." (Alexander Hacker, 1858-1919).Hacker was a ...
09/08/2026

Oil on board, signed, dated, and inscribed L/R "A.Hacker, Amsterdam, 1914." (Alexander Hacker, 1858-1919).
Hacker was a British painter of portraits, harbors and landscapes. A founding member of the New English Art Club, a counterpart of the Roval British Academy, of which he was also a member. This landscape was most likely painted on one of his many trips abroad, during which he explored Spain, Tangiers, Gibraltar and the Low Countries.
Hacker's paintings hang at the Tate and Roval Academy of Arts, London, Brighton & Hove Museums, Manchester City Art Gallery and the Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum.
Size: 18" Ă— 26" in period gilt frame.

"Outback" is a serene early 20th-century Australian landscape oil painting captured on canvas. It showcases the vast, ar...
09/07/2026

"Outback" is a serene early 20th-century Australian landscape oil painting captured on canvas. It showcases the vast, arid plain with eucalyptus trees bordering a remote station house. A distant forest adds depth to the composition, all bathed in soft, muted hues that evoke the unique beauty of the Australian Outback. Signed lower left by unknown roaming, plain- air artist, and presented in its original bronzed frame 24x26 circa 1920, $795.

If Dahlias are your thing…
09/06/2026

If Dahlias are your thing…

Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) could not have said it better..."Snowy Egret in Natural Environment." This depiction of Egret...
09/05/2026

Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) could not have said it better..."Snowy Egret in Natural Environment." This depiction of Egretta thula searching for small edibles in the backwaters comes repleat with Rousseau foliage and pallet. Painted and signed by Mike Lure (oil on artist board) and dated '05 on verso, it is presented in original stained wood frame 14 x 17, $475.

"Quarte Femmes de Passage".Charming turn of-the-century (November, 1908) view of provincial city in North Africa by as y...
09/03/2026

"Quarte Femmes de Passage".
Charming turn of-the-century (November, 1908) view of provincial city in North Africa by as yet unidentified French genre artist, signed and dated lower left. Relined oil on canvas presented in period if not original frame 15 x 12, $395.

Tom King (1925-2017) became familiar with the political/societal ills while serving in theUS Army Air Corps during World...
09/02/2026

Tom King (1925-2017) became familiar with the political/societal ills while serving in the
US Army Air Corps during World War II. After studying at Temple University with an emphasis on illustrative art, he received his degree in fine arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and then began a long career in commercial illustrations. Attaining unusual success with the unique art form of anthropomorphism which he used speaking out for animal rights, King would occasionally find solace in the French museum world of classic 19th-century French impressionism. This painting illustrates such a foray with his interpretation of Jean Frederick Bazılle's(1841-1870)
"Aiques- Mortes", sgned, dated and annotated on verso, we have kept it in the frame "as found", 18 x 25, $425.

Introduce a bit of wood smoke, some falling leaves, and... VoilĂ ! Autumn has arrived."Foothills of the Alps." Oil on can...
09/01/2026

Introduce a bit of wood smoke, some falling leaves, and... VoilĂ ! Autumn has arrived."Foothills of the Alps." Oil on canvas circa 1935 signed lower right "E.
(Ernest) Broecker"
(1893-1963). A Munich-based plein air artist of the first half of the 20th century, Brocker was known for his impressionistic, almost mystical country vistas. Presented in an earlier oil-gilt frame 22 x 26, $875. And... still qualifies for Moody!

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151 Main St, Wright Square
Charleston, SC
28741

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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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