Fannie Mahon King

Mrs. Fannie Mahon King, widow of Thomas Gadsden King and herself a widely known Charleston artist, died last evening at her residence, Point Pleasant Plantation, near Meggett.

Mrs. King was in her 87th year, having been born in Aiken June 25, 1865, a daughter of Charles and Minna Legare Mahon. She is survived by a son, Douglas M. King, and a sister, Elisabeth Mahon.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Connelley's.

Mrs. King, a member of St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church, was educated in Washington, D.C. but her entire art training was received in Charleston, through facilities of the Carolina Art Association. In 1932, she was one of 10 Charleston artists who staged exhibitions at the Gibbes Art Gallery.

Mrs. King was the artist who made the first painting sold by the Southern States Art League, then known as the All-Southern. She took during her career numerous prizes at art shows in various parts of the South, and had exhibited in New York, as well as in major Southern Cities.

Some years ago she painted an over-doorway panel for Fenwick Hall, on John's Island, and she also painted the backgrounds for two bird groups at the Charleston Museum, where she once was a member of the staff.

She was a past president of the Sketch Club of the Carolina Art Association.

[Source: Obituary from The News and Courier, Charleston, SC, Thursday, March 13, 1953.]