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1807 Warwick, England - 1862 Richmond, Virginia. Known for: Portrait, profilist, interior, sculpture.
Born in Warwick, England, William Hubard became a portrait painter of historical interest, but his execution is considered awkward and ordinary. When he was a child, his early talent for cutting... Read full biography
Born in Warwick, England, William Hubard became a portrait painter of historical interest, but his execution is considered awkward and ordinary. When he was a child, his early talent for cutting likenesses was discovered by a man named Smith, who took advantage of him. Smith brought Hubard to the... Read full biography
Born in Warwick, England, William Hubard became a portrait painter of historical interest, but his execution is considered awkward and ordinary. When he was a child, his early talent for cutting likenesses was discovered by a man named Smith, who took advantage of him. Smith brought Hubard to the United States in 1824, and Hubard, after 3 years in Boston and New York, broke away from him. Gilbert Stuart persuaded Hubard to begin oil portraits, and with the help of Thomas Sully, he set up a... Read full biography
Born in Warwick, England, William Hubard became a portrait painter of historical interest, but his execution is considered awkward and ordinary. When he was a child, his early talent for cutting likenesses was discovered by a man named Smith, who took advantage of him. Smith brought Hubard to the United States in 1824, and Hubard, after 3 years in Boston and New York, broke away from him. Gilbert Stuart persuaded Hubard to begin oil portraits, and with the help of Thomas Sully, he set up a studio as a portrait painter in 1829. Between 1838 and 1851, he added genre and historical themes to his repertoire and in 1850 began sculpture. He spent his savings and seven years on a marble bust of George Washington, a copy of one by Jean Houdon.... Read full biography
Born in Warwick, England, William Hubard became a portrait painter of historical interest, but his execution is considered awkward and ordinary. When he was a child, his early talent for cutting likenesses was discovered by a man named Smith, who took advantage of him. Smith brought Hubard to the United States in 1824, and Hubard, after 3 years in Boston and New York, broke away from him. Gilbert Stuart persuaded Hubard to begin oil portraits, and with the help of Thomas Sully, he set up a studio as a portrait painter in 1829. Between 1838 and 1851, he added genre and historical themes to his repertoire and in 1850 began sculpture. He spent his savings and seven years on a marble bust of George Washington, a copy of one by Jean Houdon. When the Civil War began, he tried to recover his lost fortune by making ammunition for the Confederacy. He was killed in an explosion at the foun... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesOld Virginia: The Pursuit of a Pastoral Ideal
2003Rasmussen, William M.S.; Robert S. Tilton252 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesEyes of the Nation A Visual History of the United States
1997Virga, Vincent/Alan Brinkley400 pages (color)Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990Gerdts, William H421 pages (color)Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990Gerdts, William H396 pages (color)Sport in Art From American Museums
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Plimpton, George; J. Carter Brown128 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings472 pagesThe Portrait in Britain and America with Biographical Dictionary of Portraitists 1680-1914
1987Simon, Robin255 pages (color)Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pages300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986Zellman, Michael David1,102 pages (color)National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985Smithsonian Institution461 pagesDictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pagesAmerican Portrait Prints Tenth Annual American Print Conference
1984Reaves, Wendy Wick285 pagesAmerican Painting 1750-1900 from the Baltimore Museum of Art
1983Johnston, Sona K187 pages (color)The Art of the Old South: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and the Products of Craftsmen
1983Poesch, Jessie384 pages (color)Painting in the South: 1564-1980
1983
(Exhibition catalog)Virginia Museum, Richmond362 pages (color)Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist
1983Wright, R Lewis200 pagesDictionary of 19th Century American Artists in Italy (1760-1940)
1982Soria, Regina332 pagesAmerican Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist
1982
(Exhibition catalog)Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff213 pagesThe Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981Rugoff, Milton669 pages (color)The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III325 pages (color)Dictionary of American Art
1979Baigell, Mathew390 pagesArts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel736 pagesThe American Portrait: From the Death of Stuart to Sargent
1973Hennessey, William J63 pagesA Nineteenth Century Gallery of Distinguished Americans
1969Stewart, Robert G93 pagesArts of the Young Republic The Age of William Dunlap
1968
(Exhibition catalog)Dickson, Harold E234 pagesAmerican Art A Historical Survey
1966Green, Samuel M706 pagesAmerican Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1966Los Angeles County Museum143 pages (color)American Paintings V 1, Catalog, Metropolitan Museum
1965Gardner, Albert and S Field284 pagesThree Hundred Years of American Painting
1957Eliot, Alexander318 pages (color)The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957Groce, George; David Wallace759 pagesAmerican Painting History and Interpretation
1950Barker, Virgil715 pagesTwo Hundred and Fifty Years (of) Painting in Maryland
1945
(Exhibition catalog)Baltimore Museum of Art78 pagesAmerican Romantic Painting
1944Richardson, Edgar P286 pagesLife in America Exhibition Paintings/New York World's Fair
1939
(Exhibition catalog)Metropolitan Museum of Art230 pagesGilbert Stuart and His Pupils From Conversations with Gilbert Stuart
1939Morgan, John Hii0 pagesThe Main Currents in the Development of American Art
1936
(Exhibition catalog)Virginia Museum of Fine Arts80 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesShades of Our Ancestors American Profiles and Profilists
1928Carrick, Alice Van Leer205 pagesA History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States (Revised edition from 1834)
1918Dunlap, William418 pages