Property from a Private Collection, Southampton, NY

Description:

Whitney Myron Hubbard (CT, 1875-1965), Forest Landscape, Oil on Board, c. 1920s, initial signed on verso, depicting a landscape with central trail and trees, in a painted and giltwood frame. Frame size: 14 in x 11 3/4 in.

A seventy-year resident impressionist landscape and marine painter of Greenport, Long Island, Whitney Hubbard led a secluded, exemplary life much admired for his talent by local persons but with little recognition beyond local citizens. His painting subjects were primarily in that area. Hubbard was born in Middletown, Connecticut where he later attended Wesleyan University, earning a Bachelor of Science. From 1899 to 1902, he taught public school on Long Island and then became a student at the Art Students League in New York. His first teacher and only teacher was Frank Vincent DuMond, whom Hubbard followed to Lyme, Connecticut for summer plein-air painting classes. By 1906, Hubbard was teaching again, but by 1912 had determined to be a full-time artist and began widely exhibiting his work including the National Academy of Design, the Chicago Art Institute, and the Brooklyn Art Museum. He made his debut in Greenport in 1913, settled there and married Antoniette Langlois, who earned money with her musical talents. Although he earned some reputation at first, the Depression saw his career tumble. He became more and more reclusive but continued painting, creating a chronicle of plein-air landscapes of his native region during the time he lived there. (AskArt)

Measurements: Height: by sight 9 5/8 in. x Width: 7 1/4 in.

Condition:

Good condition, losses to top left and bottom left corners, some pinholes in top left and right and bottom left corners and scattered chips to paint, general wear and marks to frame.

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