Person:Aldro Hibbard (1)

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Aldro Thompson Hibbard
b.25 Aug 1886 Falmouth, , MA, USA
m. Abt 1925
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Name Aldro Thompson Hibbard
Gender Male
Birth? 25 Aug 1886 Falmouth, , MA, USA
Marriage Abt 1925 to Winifred Dearborn Jackman
Death? 12 Nov 1972 Rockport, Essex, MA, USA

1930 Census (2058): Jamaica, WINDHAM, VT, 43, married at 38, MA, MA, MA, landscape artist. http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/4aa/4aa536c.htm A. T. Hibbard, N.A. by Thomas Davies

Whatever period of Aldro T. Hibbard's work you prefer, he was a giant who truly knew his subject, perhaps better than any artist attempting to tackle one of natures most unforgiving elements, snow. Elaine Hibbard reflected, "He once said to me you have to let yourself go. I was surprised because of his reserve. But I really think he knows what's out there and he really loves what he sees, so much so he'll let himself go. He truly had immense feeling for it."[57] Arnold Knauth said it in the simplest and most direct fashion, "Aldro Hibbard was one of the best men I ever knew... of course being an artist made him all the better."[58] «i»Vose History: Our 165«sup»th«/sup» Year«/i» «i»From the Vose Archives«/i» Aldro T. Hibbard (1886-1972) and Vose Galleries Son of a Cape Cod sewing-machine salesman and a spiritualist mother, Aldroandus Thompson Hibbard was named after a sixteenth-century Bolognese artist and naturalist, Ulysses Aldrovandi. After his graduation from high school, he entered the Massachusetts Normal Art School and studied painting under Joseph DeCamp and Ernest Lee Major. Impressed by the young man's dexterity at drawing, these instructors encouraged Hibbard to become a professional artist. He thus continued his studies with Edmund Tarbell, Philip Hale and Frank Benson at the Boston Museum School in 1910, and was awarded the prestigious Paige Traveling Scholarship just a few years later.

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    (American, 1886-1972)
Aldro T. Hibbard was born August 25, 1886 in Falmouth, MA and died in Rockport, MA November 12, 1972. He studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School (1909), the Mass. College of art; and with Edmund C. Tarbell, Frank W. Benson, Leslie P. Thompsen, Joseph R. DeCamp and Philip Hale at Boston's Museum School (through 1913) and because he showed such talent the MFA gave Hibbard a Paige Traveling Scholarship (1913-1915) to study abroad. 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. He is best known for his post-impressionistic winter landscapes of New England. Memberships: Guild of Boston Artists; National Academy of Design (ANA; NA 1933); Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts; Rockport AA; New Haven Paint & Clay Club; North Shore AA (MA); Salmagundi Club (NY); Gloucester AA (MA, board of managers); Copley Society; Audubon Artists; Allied American Artists; American Artists Prof. League; Academy of American Artists, Springfield, MA and more. Solo exhibitions: 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. Awards: 1st prize, Duxury, MA (1920); hon. mention, CAI (1921); Hallgarten Prize, NAD (1921); gold medal PAFA (1922; 1927; 1931); Rockport AA (1942, 1948, 1954, 1957, 160, 1964, 1966); North Shore AA (1956, 1960, 1963, 1964); Ogunquit Art Club (1960); American Artists Prof. League (1966) and many more. Bibliography: John L. Cooley, Artist in Two Worlds (1968); "Striking Pictures Shown By Hibbard," Boston Globe (5/8/24); see Pierce, P.J. Edmund C. Tarbell & the Boston School (1980, Addendum); Who's Who in American Art (1938); Who Was How in American Art, v. 2 Married to Winifred D. Jackman (5/31/25). Two children, Malcolm and Elaine.