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William Melton Halsey
William Halsey was born in Charleston in 1915. He was initially a student of Elizabeth O’Neill Verner and Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, but also studied at the University of South Carolina and at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, which awarded him a Paige Traveling Fellowship in 1939-41. Halsey’s career would eventually span a period of over 60 years. He was a member of the American Crafts Council, Guild of South Carolina Artists, & Southern States Art League. Described in a 1970’s publication as the “Dean of contemporary art in South Carolina”, he continued to evolve in his art, working actively until shortly before his death in 1999. Halsey has also been described as a pioneer of Abstract Painting in the South and a nationally recognized talent. Using bold calligraphic brushstrokes, applied texture, and a complex layering of color, his work achieves a final, elegant simplicity.


Autumn Hills
Come Home Tom
Sun Splatter

Two Figures