Whitney Myron Hubbard (American, 1875 - 1965)
 
This impressionist landscape painting by Whitney Hubbard was acquired from an estate in his hometown of Greenport, New York.  The oil on board is painted on the iconic Heide's of New York candy box top, is housed in a period wooden frame and is signed lower right, Whitney Hubbard. 
 
Whitney Myron Hubbard (1875 - 1965) American
Whitney Myron Hubbard was a seventy-year resident of Greenport, Long Island and is best known for his impressionist landscape and marine paintings.  Whitney Hubbard led a secluded, exemplary life much admired for his talent by local residents but with little recognition beyond local citizens. His painting subjects were primarily in and from that area. 
 
Hubbard was born in Middletown, Connecticut and spent his early years there with his family whose ancestors were some of the earliest settlers of the Connecticut River Valley. About 1888, they moved to Greenport, Long Island but Hubbard returned to Middletown to attend Wesleyan University, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Science. From 1899 to 1902, Hubbard taught public school on Long Island and then became a student at the Art Students League in New York. His first and only teacher was Frank Vincent DuMond, whom Hubbard followed to Lyme, Connecticut for summer plein-air painting classes. 
 
By 1906, Hubbard was teaching again, but by 1912 had determined to be a full-time artist and began widely exhibiting his work including the National Academy of Design, the Chicago Art Institute, and the Brooklyn Art Museum. He made his debut in Greenport in 1913, settled there and married Antoniette Langlois, who earned money with her musical talents. The couple lived frugally, without a car, in a quaint two-story home. Although he earned some reputation at first, the Depression saw his career tumble. He became more and more reclusive but continued painting, creating a chronicle of plein-air landscapes of his native region during the time he lived there.
 
When he died in 1965, his paintings sold for a pittance, but a local art dealer, Melvin Kitchin saw the potential value in Hubbard's work. Before Kitchin's death, he did research on the artist and organized several exhibitions, which helped to earn the artist some of the recognition he did not see in his lifetime. Today Whitney Myron Hubbard paintings are highly sought after and collectable and can be found in many private and public collections.