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for Arthur Hill Gilbert
American, 1893 - 1970
Gilbert graduated from Evanston Academy (1913) and then studied at Northwestern University (1913-14) and the Art Institute of Chicago (1915-16). He then entered the U.S. Naval Academy and then served as a lieutenant on the U.S.S. Oklahoma during World War I.
Upon completion of his service, he established himself in California, where he attended the Otis Art Institute under Roscoe Schrader and remained in southern California for several years.
Gilbert then returned home to Chicago where he copied the work of his favorite artists (Innes, Corot and Daubigny) in the Art Institute Museum. Gilbert then went to New York where he studied at the Art Students League, and followed that with travels to Paris and London.
Gilbert then returned to California, where he took a studio in Monterey. He married Audine Abbot in 1932, and the couple purchased a home in Carmel and a 160 acre ranch on Roberts Island near Stockton where he and his wife summered and then retired in 1961. Instrumental in founding of Carmel Art Association.
Gilbert began exhibiting at the National Academy in 1925. In 1929 he was awarded the Second Hallgarten Prize for "Old Oak Monterey", the J. Francis Murphy Memorial Prize for "Near Monterey: and the Ranger Purchase Prize for "Castroville Bridge" which now hangs in the Museum of Art in Springville, Utah.
Exhibitions of his work were held at the Stanford University Art Gallery (1941); at the Bohemia Club, San Francisco (1946); at the Artists Guild of America, Inc., Carmel (1952); and at the DeSaisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara (1957).
Gilbert was a member of the Salmagundi Club, the Bohemian Club, the California Art Club, the Carmel Art Association and the Monterey Rotary Club. He was instrumental in founding and developing the Carmel Art Association and served as its president in 1929.
Gilbert was primarily a landscape painter and specialized in the painting of the oak trees around Monterey. He also painted panoramic landscapes and the waterfront with its sandy beaches, rock formations and weather effects.
Upon completion of his service, he established himself in California, where he attended the Otis Art Institute under Roscoe Schrader and remained in southern California for several years.
Gilbert then returned home to Chicago where he copied the work of his favorite artists (Innes, Corot and Daubigny) in the Art Institute Museum. Gilbert then went to New York where he studied at the Art Students League, and followed that with travels to Paris and London.
Gilbert then returned to California, where he took a studio in Monterey. He married Audine Abbot in 1932, and the couple purchased a home in Carmel and a 160 acre ranch on Roberts Island near Stockton where he and his wife summered and then retired in 1961. Instrumental in founding of Carmel Art Association.
Gilbert began exhibiting at the National Academy in 1925. In 1929 he was awarded the Second Hallgarten Prize for "Old Oak Monterey", the J. Francis Murphy Memorial Prize for "Near Monterey: and the Ranger Purchase Prize for "Castroville Bridge" which now hangs in the Museum of Art in Springville, Utah.
Exhibitions of his work were held at the Stanford University Art Gallery (1941); at the Bohemia Club, San Francisco (1946); at the Artists Guild of America, Inc., Carmel (1952); and at the DeSaisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara (1957).
Gilbert was a member of the Salmagundi Club, the Bohemian Club, the California Art Club, the Carmel Art Association and the Monterey Rotary Club. He was instrumental in founding and developing the Carmel Art Association and served as its president in 1929.
Gilbert was primarily a landscape painter and specialized in the painting of the oak trees around Monterey. He also painted panoramic landscapes and the waterfront with its sandy beaches, rock formations and weather effects.
