Anne Worsham Richardson (born 1922)
Anne Worsham Richardson was born in 1922 near the Clarendon County town of Turbeville, South Carolina. At age 16, she moved to Charleston and began specializing in bird paintings. The art inspired by Mrs. Richardson’s love of birds brought her international recognition. Her paintings have hung in the offices of Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan and in homes and galleries across the United States and Europe. She has had three major exhibits at the California State Museum and her painting “Carolina Wren and Yellow Jessamine” hangs in the South Carolina State House in Columbia. Mrs. Richardson’s painting “Pine Grosbeaks” was featured on the cover of National Wildlife Magazine, and several of her works were chosen for the magazine’s Christmas cards.
She is the first woman bird painter ever to be selected to receive the “Art Print of the Year Award.” Mrs. Richardson is married to Johannes Peter Paszek. They live on an estate on the Intercoastal Waterway near Charleston, where they have created a bird sanctuary, an outdoor aviary and an indoor solarium-aviary. They also operate the Birds I View Gallery on Church Street in Charleston, where Mrs. Richardson’s paintings are always on display. Anne Worsham Richardson was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame in 1991 and her tribute was given by former Gov. Robert E. McNair.
Information courtesy of Charloton Hall Auctions