Joanna Higgs-Ross Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1934 -

Joanna Higgs-Ross was born in Nashville and is associated with the "Knoxville Seven", a group of progressive artists connected to the University of Tennessee which included Richard Clarke, Robert Birdwell, C. Kermit Ewing, Walter H. Stevens and Carl Sublett. She majored in art at UT Knoxville, and received a B.F.A. in 1956 and received her M.F.A. from University of Illinois in Urbana in 1961. She taught art at Lambuth College in Jackson, TN, 1961-1982. Paintings in public collections include Tennessee State Museum, Knoxville Museum of Art, and Memphis Museum of Art. Recent exhibitions include the Tennessee Arts Commission and Knoxville Museum of Art.

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    • Joanna Higgs Ross O/C Painting, Cades Cove No. 9
      Jan. 30, 2021

      Joanna Higgs Ross O/C Painting, Cades Cove No. 9

      Est: $700 - $900

      Joanna Higgs Ross (Nashville, TN, born 1934) oil on canvas expressionist landscape painting titled "Cades Cove No. 9" depicting a field and a line of trees, fore and middle ground, against a hazy blue mountain range, background. Signed and dated "Joanna Higgs Ross, 1985" with title and additional signature, en verso of stretcher. Label en verso for the Annual Tennessee All-State Artist Exhibition, Parthenon Galleries, Centennial Park, Nashville, TN and a blue Purchase Award ribbon from the same exhibition, en verso. Housed in a grey painted wooden frame. Sight - 36" H x 48" W. Framed - 36 3/4" H x 48 5/8" W. American, late 20th century. Biography: Joanna Higgs-Ross was born in Nashville and is associated with the "Knoxville Seven", a group of progressive artists connected to the University of Tennessee which included Richard Clarke, Robert Birdwell, C. Kermit Ewing, Walter H. Stevens and Carl Sublett. She majored in art at UT Knoxville, and received a B.F.A. in 1956 and received her M.F.A. from University of Illinois in Urbana in 1961. She taught art at Lambuth College in Jackson, TN, 1961-1982. Paintings in public collections include Tennessee State Museum, Knoxville Museum of Art, and Memphis Museum of Art. Recent exhibitions include the Tennessee Arts Commission and Knoxville Museum of Art. (Source: the Tennessee Arts Commission). Provenance: Art Collection of former Watkins College of Art; proceeds benefit scholarship endowment for students in the new Watkins College of Art at Belmont University.

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    • Joanna Higgs Ross Landscape, "Green and White Orchard"
      Oct. 05, 2019

      Joanna Higgs Ross Landscape, "Green and White Orchard"

      Est: $100 - $200

      Joanna Higgs Ross (Nashville, TN, born 1934) polymer tempera on board abstract landscape painting titled "The Green and White Orchard" depicting a copse of dark green trees on a white and tan ground against a light grey sky. Title, artist name "Joanna Higgs", and medium, en verso. Housed in a wooden frame with white painted rabbet edge. Sight - 15 1/2" H 17 1/2" W. Framed - 21" H x 23 3/4" W. American, mid 20th century. Biography: Joanna Higgs-Ross was born in Nashville and is associated with the "Knoxville Seven", a group of progressive artists connected to the University of Tennessee which included Richard Clarke, Robert Birdwell, C. Kermit Ewing, Walter H. Stevens and Carl Sublett. She majored in art at UT Knoxville, and received a B.F.A. in 1956 and received her M.F.A. from University of Illinois in Urbana in 1961. She taught art at Lambuth College in Jackson, TN, 1961-1982. Paintings in public collections include Tennessee State Museum, Knoxville Museum of Art, and Memphis Museum of Art. Recent exhibitions include the Tennessee Arts Commission and Knoxville Museum of Art. (Source: the Tennessee Arts Commission). Provenance: Estate of Olen Bryant, Cottonwood/Clarksville, TN. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)

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    • Joanna Higgs O/C Expressionist Landscape, Winter Trees
      Oct. 05, 2019

      Joanna Higgs O/C Expressionist Landscape, Winter Trees

      Est: $500 - $700

      Joanna Higgs (Ross) (American/Tennessee, b. 1934) oil on canvas expressionist landscape titled "Winter Trees" depicting a copse of tall, bare trees sheltering a white house. Title, signed, and dated en verso with label for Mid-South Exhibition of Paintings 1965, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee. Housed in a wooden frame. Mid 20th century. Sight - 75 1/4" H x 60 1/4" W. Framed - 76 1/8" H x 61 5/8" W. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Biography: Joanna Higgs-Ross was born in Nashville and is associated with the "Knoxville Seven", a group of progressive artists connected to the University of Tennessee which included Richard Clarke, Robert Birdwell, C. Kermit Ewing, Walter H. Stevens and Carl Sublett. She majored in art at UT Knoxville, and received a B.F.A. in 1956 and received her M.F.A. from University of Illinois in Urbana in 1961. She taught art at Lambuth College in Jackson, TN, 1961-1982. Paintings in public collections include Tennessee State Museum, Knoxville Museum of Art, and Memphis Museum of Art. Recent exhibitions include the Tennessee Arts Commission and Knoxville Museum of Art. (Source: the Tennessee Arts Commission). Note: the first annual Mid-South Exhibition was held at the Brooks in 1956, a tradition that continued for the next 17 years and included purchase prizes to help bring regional art into the collection. Jurors included artists such as Wil Barnet and Jack Levine as well as museum directors from institutions such as Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The Walker Art Center. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)

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