Background
Silva, William Posey was born on October 23, 1859 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of James Sylvester and Margaret Susan (Askew) Silva.
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William Posey Silva
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William Posey Silva, American landscape painter. Member Society Washington Artists, Southern States Art League (1st vice president 1927), Mississippi Art Association, American Art Association (Paris), New Orleans Art Association, American Artists’ Professional League, California Art; Member of the United States Revolver Association and of Carmel Pistol; member team of Carmel Pistol.
Education
Graduate Chatham Academy, Savannah, 1875.
Career
1 son, Abbott Beecher. Married second, Mistress Ruth Hanford Matthews Lewis, December, 1940. In chinaware business with father, 1876-1887, and as Silva & Abbott, Chattanooga, Tennessee, until 1906.
Studied art, Julian Academy, Paris, under Laurens and Henri Royer, 1907-1909, landscape under Chauncy Ryder, Etaples, France.
Returned to Chattanooga, 1909. In Washington, District of Columbia, 1910-1913, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, since 1913.
Exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, Paris, 1908, 22, 23, 26, Autumn Salon, 1908. Corcoran Gallery, National Academy Design, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago), Buffalo Fine Arts Academy Albright Gallery, Peabody Institute (Baltimore), Southern States Art League and elsewhere in the United States Held one-man shows, Paris, 1909, 22, 26, London, 1922, in cities of the United States, 1911-1937 (one show was circulated by American Federation of Arts, 1926-1927-1928).
Achievements
Membership
Member Society Washington Artists, Southern States Art League (1st vice president 1927), Mississippi Art Association, American Art Association (Paris), New Orleans Art Association, American Artists’ Professional League, California Artist Member of the United States Revolver Association and of Carmel Pistol. Member team of Carmel Pistol.
Connections
Married Caroline Walker Beecher, January 1, 1885 (died February 2, 1940). Married second, Mistress.
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Resting place
Buried Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
Awards
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Awarded silver medal Appalachian Exposition, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1910. Highest award, Mississippi and Gulf Coast Exposition, 1911. Silver medal Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1915.tempSpaceGold medal, Mississippi Art Association, 1916. Silver medal, Panama-California International Exposition, 1916. Landscape prize, California State Fair, 1920.tempSpaceHonorable mention, Paris Salon, 1922. Southern States Art League prize, Atlanta, 1925. Popular prize, New Orleans Art Association, 1926.tempSpaceGrand prize, Georgia-Alabama Exhibit, 1926, purchased by French Government, Paris, 1926. Popular prize, Southern States Art League, 1927. $2,000 Davis prize, San Antonio Art League, 1928.tempSpacePopular prize, State-Wide Exhibition, Santa Cruz, California, 1929. First prize, Springville (Utah) National Exhibition, 1929. Honorable mention, Davis National, San Antonio, 1929.tempSpaceFirst prize, Mississippi State Fair, Jackson, 1929. Public approval prize, Southern States Art League, 1930. Haverty landscape prize from same, 1931.tempSpaceReaugh Art Club prize, 1932. 1st prize (oil), Art Association of New Orleans, 1932. Gold ribbon, Mississippi Art Association, 1932.tempSpace2d marine prize, California State Fair, 1935. Governor Olson bronze medal, Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, silver ribbon, 1940. Popular purchase prize Granger Exhibit of Contemporary American Artists (Dodge City, Iowa), 1940.tempSpaceRepresented in permanent collections Gibbs Art Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina. Milwaukee The Art Institute of Chicago. Museums of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, and Houston, Texas.tempSpaceLuxembourg Gallery, Paris, France. Delgado Museum, New Orleans. Columbia (South Carolina.) College.tempSpaceEmporia (Kansas) State Teachers College. Vanderbilt University, Nashville Art Association, Centennial Club (Nashville). De Cordoba Collection, Lincoln, Massachusetts.tempSpaceKeeler Collection, Los Los Angeles Blanden Memorial Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa. University of Virginia Alumni Hall.tempSpacePublic libraries at Birmingham, Alabama, Carmel, California, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Fort Worth, Texas, Marquette, Michigan, Palo Alto, California, Edgefield, South Carolina. High schools at Austin, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, King City, California, Monterey, California, Salinas, California, Salt Lake City and Springville, Utah, Savannah, Georgia. First Presbyterian Church, Monterey, California.tempSpaceAlso many art associations, art clubs, et cetera Photographs of paintings in Congressional Library, Washington, District of Columbia. Color slides of 2 paintings in Metropolitan Museum (New York), and in Congressional Library, 1942.Awarded silver medal Appalachian Exposition, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1910. Highest award, Mississippi and Gulf Coast Exposition, 1911. Silver medal Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1915.tempSpaceGold medal, Mississippi Art Association, 1916.
Silver medal, Panama-California International Exposition, 1916. Landscape prize, California State Fair, 1920.tempSpaceHonorable mention, Paris Salon, 1922. Southern States Art League prize, Atlanta, 1925.
Popular prize, New Orleans Art Association, 1926.tempSpaceGrand prize, Georgia-Alabama Exhibit, 1926, purchased by French Government, Paris, 1926. Popular prize, Southern States Art League, 1927. $2,000 Davis prize, San Antonio Art League, 1928.tempSpacePopular prize, State-Wide Exhibition, Santa Cruz, California, 1929.
First prize, Springville (Utah) National Exhibition, 1929. Honorable mention, Davis National, San Antonio, 1929.tempSpaceFirst prize, Mississippi State Fair, Jackson, 1929. Public approval prize, Southern States Art League, 1930.
Haverty landscape prize from same, 1931.tempSpaceReaugh Art Club prize, 1932. 1st prize (oil), Art Association of New Orleans, 1932. Gold ribbon, Mississippi Art Association, 1932.tempSpace2d marine prize, California State Fair, 1935.
Governor Olson bronze medal, Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, silver ribbon, 1940. Popular purchase prize Granger Exhibit of Contemporary American Artists (Dodge City, Iowa), 1940.tempSpaceRepresented in permanent collections Gibbs Art Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina. Milwaukee The Art Institute of Chicago.
Museums of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, and Houston, Texas.tempSpaceLuxembourg Gallery, Paris, France. Delgado Museum, New Orleans. Columbia (South Carolina.) College.tempSpaceEmporia (Kansas) State Teachers College.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville Art Association, Centennial Club (Nashville). De Cordoba Collection, Lincoln, Massachusetts.tempSpaceKeeler Collection, Los Los Angeles Blanden Memorial Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
University of Virginia Alumni Hall.tempSpacePublic libraries at Birmingham, Alabama, Carmel, California, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Fort Worth, Texas, Marquette, Michigan, Palo Alto, California, Edgefield, South Carolina. High schools at Austin, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, King City, California, Monterey, California, Salinas, California, Salt Lake City and Springville, Utah, Savannah, Georgia. First Presbyterian Church, Monterey, California.tempSpaceAlso many art associations, art clubs, et cetera
Photographs of paintings in Congressional Library, Washington, District of Columbia. Color slides of 2 paintings in Metropolitan Museum (New York), and in Congressional Library, 1942.