$10,073
Aldro Thompson Hibbard (American, 1886-1972) Vermont Valley /A Winter Landscape Signed "A. T. Hibbard." l.r., inscribed, titled, and stamped "#9...REPRODUCTION RIGHTS RESERVED" on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in. (61.0 x 91.5 cm), framed. Condition: Craquelure. N.B. Aldro Hibbard was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts, in 1886, and grew up in Dorchester. A gifted artist, he discovered his love of painting at an early age. He attended the Massachusetts Normal Art School and then the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, where he studied with Edmund Tarbell, Frank Benson, and Joseph DeCamp, and was awarded the prestigious Paige Traveling Scholarship (1913-15) for study in Europe. With the onset of World War I, Hibbard returned to the United States, settling for a time in Provincetown. He relocated to Rockport in 1920, where he became very active in the art community. He and a group of other artists founded The Rockport Art Association at a meeting in his studio in 1921. Hibbard was also a Founding Member and Director of the Rockport Art Association (MA) Summer School of Drawing and Painting (1921-1928). Especially well regarded for his snow scenes, Hibbard spent a great deal of time Vermont, where he painted out-of-doors throughout the winter. The work might benefit from cleaning. The craquelure is scattered (primarily, but not exclusively to the sky), and stable.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-01-29
