July 14 & 15, 2020 Fine & Decorative Arts
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2020
Aldro T. Hibbard studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School (1909), the Massachusetts College of Art; and at the Boston Museum School. Despite the fact that Hibbard was a remarkably gifted baseball player and was asked to join pro teams, he gave up sports to become a professional painter and instructor. In 1915, Hibbard was instructor of painting at Boston University. He was a Founding Member and Director of the Rockport Art Association (MA) Summer School of Drawing and Painting (1921-1928), which later became The Hibbard School of Painting. Hibbard is best known for his post-impressionistic winter landscapes of New England as in this example of a bucolic scene of a farmstead at the base of Glebe Mountain in Vermont. This landscape sketch is typical of his spare style and brooding palette and skillfully captures the sparseness of the Vermont countryside in winter.
Solo exhibitions include: Buffalo Fine Art Academy (1914) Guild of Boston Artists (1919, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1953, 1965); Brockton Public Library (1917); Macbeth Gallery (NY 1930); Boston Art Club (1916); Legendsea Studios (Hibbard's gallery); Roger Curtis Gallery, Gloucester, MA (1971 - 1977); Vose Galleries of Boston (1979); Doll & Richards (Boston) and more. Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist.
Item Dimensions: Frame: 37 - 3/4" x 27 - 3/4".
Artist
ALDRO THOMPSON HIBBARD (AMERICAN 1886 - 1972).
Title
WINTER NEAR GLEBE MOUNTAIN, VERMONT.
Signature
Signed lower right "A.T. Hibbard".