Artist

Oliver Hilliard Booth III

born Columbia, SC 1940-died Annapolis, MD 1996
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Also known as
  • Hilliard Booth III
  • Oliver H. Booth
Born
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Died
Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Biography

Hilliard Booth studied ancient and medieval history as a graduate student. He began turning wood while working in a cabinet shop in South Carolina and tried to replicate the perfection and grace of classical Roman and Greek forms. The precise, carved bands of pattern on Booths vessels highlight the natural grain and carry the viewer's eye around their curved contours.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Oliver Hilliard Booth III, Bowl, 1996, cherry, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Fleur and Charles Bresler in honor of Kenneth R. Trapp, curator-in-charge of the Renwick Gallery (1995--2003), 2003.60.3
Bowl
Date1996
cherry
Not on view
Oliver Hilliard Booth III, African Dance, 1988, black walnut, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George Peter Lamb and Lucy Scardino in memory of Natalie Rust Lamb, 1995.100.2
African Dance
Date1988
black walnut
Not on view