Edna Hibel

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Edna Hibel
Died2014
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPainter

Edna Hibel (died 2014) was an American artist. She painted for most of her life, totaling 10 different decades. Her work was once held at the Hibel Museum of Art.

Personal life[edit]

Hibel began to study watercolors when she was nine years old.[1] According to her daughter, Hibel began painting after she finished her math schoolwork early.[2] Hibel graduated from Brookline High School and enrolled at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, which she graduated from in 1939.[1][2] She had studies in Mexico on a fellowship.[2]

Career[edit]

In 1988, an article by Tampa Bay Magazine reported that Hibel had painted Abraham Maslow inspired work for over 50 years.[3] She started working on lithographs in 1966.[1] Hibel painted portraits of men and women expressing emotions or contemplating on ceramic, canvas, and Bavarian limestone. The limestones were 3 to 6 inches thick, polished, and grained. Hibel painted on the limestones with wax pencils, crayons, or inks made from grease. The final result was pressed onto paper as a lithograph that was signed by Hibel and then numbered.[3] She also created porcelain lithography. In 1995, the National Archives Foundation commissioned Hibel to paint a piece that commemorated women having the right to vote since 1975.[1] Hibel was the first female artist to paint in 10 different decades.[4]

W. David Marx said in his 2022 book Status and Culture, "But at the moment of this writing, there is no Wikipedia page for Edna Hibel, nor does her name appear in standard volumes on art history."[5]

Death[edit]

Hibel died in 2014 at 97 years old in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.[2] Hibel's art was held at the Hibel Museum of Art on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter, Florida until 2018, due to lease disagreements after Hibel's death. Some of her works were transferred to the Wright Museum of Art at Beloit College.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Campaniolo, J. (2014). Legendary Locals of Brookline. Legendary Locals. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-4396-4722-6. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Winston, Hannah (December 8, 2014). "Artist Edna Hibel Plotkin dies at 97". Palm Beach Daily News. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Tampa Bay Magazine. Tampa Bay Publications, Inc. p. 41. ISSN 1070-3845. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  4. ^ Keeling, S.; Hull, S.; Strauss, R. (2015). The Rough Guide to Florida. Rough Guide to... Rough Guides. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-241-23807-3. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  5. ^ Marx, W.D. (2022). Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-593-29670-7. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  6. ^ Morse, Hannah (October 26, 2018). "Murky future for Edna Hibel art as FAU gains custody of museum". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
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