Aldro Hibbard

1886-1972

Aldro Hibbard was born August 25, 1886 in Falmouth, Massachusetts and died in Rockport, Massachusetts in November 12, 1972. He studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School (1909), the Massachusetts College of Art, and with Edmund Tarbell, Frank Benson, Leslie P. Thompson, Joseph DeCamp, and Philip Hale at Boston's Museum School. He was the founding member and Director of the Rockport Art Association  Summer School of Drawing and painting (1921-1928) which later became the Hibbard School of Painting. He was a summer resident of Cape Ann and wintered in Vermont. From 1915, he was also an instructor in the Art Department of Boston University.

He is best known for his post-impressionistic winter landscapes of New England. His paintings of winter landscapes, covered bridges and snowy towns in the mountains are his best work. He painted with a particular sensitivity to light.

This painting is one of Hibbard's best efforts. It is of museum quality. The painting is circa 1947. Typical of Hibbard's snow scenes, the painting is enhanced with barns, and buildings. The strongest feature of the painting is the light of the afternoon sun coming off the snow. The painting is in excellent condition, appropriately framed, and  signed lower left, A. T. Hibbard. On the back it says, Godel & Company, a gallery where the painting was exhibited. Also on the back is a tag to show that the painting was shown at Clark Gallery in Stowe, Vermont.

 

Winter Wonderland 18" x 24" O/B Ca. 1945 SOLD