Reuben Jackson Gambrell
(Columbia, South Carolina, 1917 to 2006)
South Carolina artist Reuben Gambrell, enjoyed a long career as both an artist and as a teacher. He received fa BA in fine Arts from the University of South Carolina, an MA from the University of Georgia, a Ph.D. from Columbia University, New York, and studied with Georgia artist Lamar Dodd. He documented his WWII army experiences in an illustrated journal now in the collection of the University of South Carolina Library. After many years of teaching in various colleges and universities, Gambrell returned to Columbia, South Carolina and continued his teaching career with private students.
Information courtesy of Brunk Auctions May 2008.