Elizabeth O'Neill Verner

Elizabeth O'Neill Verner was an American artist who had a preference for printmaking and pastels. She was a leading figure during the Charleston Renaissance, a cultural revival of the city's arts and history, which took place between World War I and II. Born in Charleston, Verner was initially taught by painter Alice Ravenel Huger Smith before receiving her formal training at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, where her professors included the likes of Thomas Anshutz.

After school, Verner spent a year teaching in Aiken, South Carolina before returning to Charleston. She married in 1907 and dedicated herself to raising her children, although she continued to draw in her spare time. The untimely demise of her husband in 1925 prompted the artist to pursue an artistic career in order to support her family. She produced a wonderful body of work focused around the culture, architecture and people of Charleston. Her work was utilized in a number of publications, including "Prints and Impressions of Charleston" in 1939 and "Mellowed by Time: A Charleston Notebook" in 1941.