Framed Anne Worsham Richardson "Cardinals with Virginia Pine" 1969. Signed in the plate and then in Pencil by the artist. Purchased from the Artist at her Gallery, The Birds I View, 119 Church St., Charleston, SC. iIn Frame 21x25.50x1. Wt. 6 pds 9 oz. PROVENANCE A Historic Charlotte Street Home, Charleston, SC. Born near Turbeville, South Carolina in 1919, Anne Richardson became a painter of birds and received attention from collectors including Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Anne Worsham Richardson is South Carolina's official painter of the State Bird and Flower "Carolina Wren and Yellow Jessamine" and the State Butterfly "Yellow Swallow-tailed with Wild Azalea". She was the first woman painter to receive the "Art Print of the Year" award. Married to Johannes Peter Paszek, she lived on an estate near Charleston. where they created a bird sanctuary. In 1991, Anne Richardson was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame.

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