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"Picnic on the Sandbar"
oil/canvas- 48x86 inches
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John Carroll Doyle
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Many times, Charleston has been rated the most polite city in America. HAving been raised a Charlestonian, I grew up in an atmosphere of manners based upon respect for others. This tradition of gentility, often associated with Southern "blue-bloods", was actually taught at all levels of Charleston society.
In "Picnic on the Sandbar", we see an African-American couple of humble means who have rowed from Charleston's peninsula to a sandbar just southwest of Fort Sumter. The gentleman in the painting, raised, as myself, to show chivalrous respect to women, bows and assists his lady from her "carriage" onto the sand. A blanket and picnic basket await the couple, preludes to a romantic lunch, with Charleston's harbor at their feet.
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