Sculpture of Brookgreen Gardens

Brookgreen Gardens expansive property exhibits the finest outdoor collection of American figurative sculpture in the world. It began in 1930 as a winter home for philanthropist Archer Milton Huntington and his wife, sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington. When the Huntingtons founded Brookgreen Gardens in the following year, they initially placed artworks from their own collection. By 1932, they had begun to actively purchase sculpture and to commission prominent sculptors to create works for the gardens. This volume portrays Brookgreens beginning as the first public sculpture garden in America and its rise as a respected museum of American sculpture. In 1992, it was designated a National Historic Landmark, recognizing Anna Hyatt Huntingtons status as an important sculptor and patron of the arts and Brookgreens significance as a site for womens history in America.

Author Robin R. Salmon is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and is vice president for collections and curator of sculpture at Brookgreen Gardens. She is the author of Images of America: Brookgreen Gardens, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture: Volume II, and several other publications. The author's proceeds from this title benefit Brookgreen Gardens.