biography of Olivia Jackson MCGEE (1915-1987)

Birth place: South Carolina

Addresses: Clemson, SC

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Limestone Col. (BA); Clemson Univ. Sch. Visual Arts; Rex Brandt's Sch. Painting, Europe & Corona del Mar., Calif.; Whitney Sch Watercolor, Maine; painting with Eliot O'Hara.

Exhibited: Greenville Co. Mus. Art, Greenville, SC, 1969; Contemp. SC Artists, 1970; Picken's Co. Artists, Rudolf E. Lee Gal., Clemson Univ., SC, 1971-72; Guild SC Artists, Columbia; Greenville Arts Festival. Awards: Best in show awards, Greenville Arts Festival, 1968, Watson Village Arts Festival, 1969 & Anderson Co. Fair, 1969.

Member: Greenville Co. Artists Guild; Anderson Co. Art Assn.; Guild SC Artists; Am. WC Soc. (assoc. mem.)

Work: Sandlapper Gal., Columbia, SC; Red Piano Gal., Hilton Head Island, SC; Chemstrand Corp., Empire State Blvd., NYC; People's Nat. Bank & Trust Co., Greenville, SC; Gov. Mansion, Columbia, SC.

Comments: Preferred medium: watercolors. Positions: illusr., Clemson Univ. Exten. Serv., 1950-56; state pres., Nat. League Am. Pen Women, 1966-68; mem., Pickens Co. Arts Comn., 1971-72. Teaching: instr. watercolor, Clemson Univ. Continuing Educ. Ctr., 1963-; McGee Sch. Painting, Clemson, 1972.

Sources: WW73; Jack Morris, Contemporary Artists of South Carolina (Greenville Co. Mus. Art, 1970); Charles M. Israel, Artist Olivia McGee," Sandlapper Mag. (1971)."