Elizabeth O'Neill Verner

Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (December 21, 1883 – April 17, 1979) was an artist, author, lecturer, and preservationist who was one of the leaders of the Charleston Renaissance.

[2] In 1901, after attending a Catholic girls’ school in Columbia, S.C.,[3] she enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied for two years with Thomas Anshutz.

[2] Verner did not become a professional artist until after her husband's death in 1925 left her the sole means of support for her children.

[2] Verner made etchings, drypoints, drawings, and (after 1934) pastels of Charleston, favoring buildings, street scenes, and landscapes.

[2] Stylistically, her paintings are realism with impressionist overtones, while her etchings and drawings are crisply detailed studies.