Harlan Hubbard (American, 1900 to 1998)
Harlan Hubbard born in Bellevue, KY (across from Cincinnati) was an American artist and author who lived a life that Henry David Thoreau only experimented with. His father died when Harlan was only seven. Soon thereafter, his mother moved him to New York City to be with his two older brothers who were living there at the time. Hubbard received his art education from New York’s National Academy of Design and the Art Academy of Cincinnati.
In 1919, he returned with his mother to northern Kentucky and settled in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Hubbard’s art is largely pastoral and he was accomplished with oils, watercolors, and woodblock printing. The Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington, Kentucky and the Frankfort Community Public Library (Frankfort, Indiana) have significant collections of his work.
Information courtesy of Clark Art & Antiques, Mark Mattox Auctioneer, May 2008