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Carolina Galleries specializes in the art of the Charleston Renaissance. The Charleston Renaissance is defined as 1915-1940, when the war-ravaged Lowcountry inspired dozens of painters and illustrators, from local artists such as Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Alice Ravenel Huger Smith and Anna Heyward Taylor, to nationally prominent artists such as Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, and Alfred Hutty. These artists captured Charleston in a natural and cultural transition that is still glimpsed today in abandoned rural rice canals and ivy-laden alleys. Carolina Galleries consistently offers a superb collection of this stellar period in American art. Landscapes and genre scenes in oil, pastel, and water-color span the entire century in Charleston, with primary focus on the masterpieces of the early 1900's.

The 21st century finds yet another artists' renaissance in Charleston. Recent paintings by Stephen Chesley, Craig Crawford, Julyan Davis, Gary Grier, Johnson Hagood, Chestee Harrington, Tom McNickle, Margaret M. Peery, Philip Smallwood, Mickey Williams, Evan Wilson & Stephen Scott Young fill the walls of Carolina Galleries with street scenes, marsh vistas, portraits, & genre scenes reminiscent of the earlier time.

Two distinct periods - One distinct gallery. Carolina Galleries has been profiled in "Architectural Digest", "National Geographic Explorer", "Southern Accents", and "Town & Country". Located South of Broad on historic Church Street in downtown Charleston, the gallery is walking distance from all major downtown hotels.

Since 1978, we are the exclusive representatives of the Estate of Alfred Hutty.


We are located at 106-A Church Street, between Broad and Elliott.


We are open Monday through Saturday 10am - 5pm.