Miss Clara Barrett Strait, artist who painted many of the portraits that hang in the South Carolina State House, died of a heart attack at the Columbia Hospital.
Miss Strait was the adopted daughter of Dr. J. T. Strait of Lancaster, who met her in another state shortly after the Confederate War and brought her back to Lancaster, where she spent her childhood years. When Doctor Strait was later elected to congress, Miss Strait became his secretary.
She had always shown talent for art and followed up her natural talent by studying at the Cocoran Art Studios in Washington, later extending her studies in Paris. She returned to New York and opened a studio, concentrating mostly on portrait paintings.
Exhibits of her work have been shown in various art galleries throughout the United States, and numerous portraits are listed among her works. She painted the first portrait of D. D. Johnson, first president of Winthrop College, and included in her works hanging in the State House are portraits of Chief Justice R. B. Jones of Lancaster, Associate Justice George W. Gage of Chester, and Chief Justice M. L. Bonham of Anderson, all in the court room and several others that may be seen in the chambers of the house and senate.
She is survived by two half-brothers, J. F. Strait and T. J. Strait.
— The Columbia Record, July 13, 1948
Age: About 80 Years
Cause of Death: Congestive Heart Failure
Miss Strait was the adopted daughter of Dr. J. T. Strait of Lancaster, who met her in another state shortly after the Confederate War and brought her back to Lancaster, where she spent her childhood years. When Doctor Strait was later elected to congress, Miss Strait became his secretary.
She had always shown talent for art and followed up her natural talent by studying at the Cocoran Art Studios in Washington, later extending her studies in Paris. She returned to New York and opened a studio, concentrating mostly on portrait paintings.
Exhibits of her work have been shown in various art galleries throughout the United States, and numerous portraits are listed among her works. She painted the first portrait of D. D. Johnson, first president of Winthrop College, and included in her works hanging in the State House are portraits of Chief Justice R. B. Jones of Lancaster, Associate Justice George W. Gage of Chester, and Chief Justice M. L. Bonham of Anderson, all in the court room and several others that may be seen in the chambers of the house and senate.
She is survived by two half-brothers, J. F. Strait and T. J. Strait.
— The Columbia Record, July 13, 1948
Age: About 80 Years
Cause of Death: Congestive Heart Failure
Miss Clara Barrett Strait, artist who painted many of the portraits that hang in the South Carolina State House, died of a heart attack at the Columbia Hospital.
Miss Strait was the adopted daughter of Dr. J. T. Strait of Lancaster, who met her in another state shortly after the Confederate War and brought her back to Lancaster, where she spent her childhood years. When Doctor Strait was later elected to congress, Miss Strait became his secretary.
She had always shown talent for art and followed up her natural talent by studying at the Cocoran Art Studios in Washington, later extending her studies in Paris. She returned to New York and opened a studio, concentrating mostly on portrait paintings.
Exhibits of her work have been shown in various art galleries throughout the United States, and numerous portraits are listed among her works. She painted the first portrait of D. D. Johnson, first president of Winthrop College, and included in her works hanging in the State House are portraits of Chief Justice R. B. Jones of Lancaster, Associate Justice George W. Gage of Chester, and Chief Justice M. L. Bonham of Anderson, all in the court room and several others that may be seen in the chambers of the house and senate.
She is survived by two half-brothers, J. F. Strait and T. J. Strait.
— The Columbia Record, July 13, 1948
Age: About 80 Years
Cause of Death: Congestive Heart Failure
Miss Strait was the adopted daughter of Dr. J. T. Strait of Lancaster, who met her in another state shortly after the Confederate War and brought her back to Lancaster, where she spent her childhood years. When Doctor Strait was later elected to congress, Miss Strait became his secretary.
She had always shown talent for art and followed up her natural talent by studying at the Cocoran Art Studios in Washington, later extending her studies in Paris. She returned to New York and opened a studio, concentrating mostly on portrait paintings.
Exhibits of her work have been shown in various art galleries throughout the United States, and numerous portraits are listed among her works. She painted the first portrait of D. D. Johnson, first president of Winthrop College, and included in her works hanging in the State House are portraits of Chief Justice R. B. Jones of Lancaster, Associate Justice George W. Gage of Chester, and Chief Justice M. L. Bonham of Anderson, all in the court room and several others that may be seen in the chambers of the house and senate.
She is survived by two half-brothers, J. F. Strait and T. J. Strait.
— The Columbia Record, July 13, 1948
Age: About 80 Years
Cause of Death: Congestive Heart Failure
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