Art in the Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts & Design Library: Harlan Hubbard display

Harlan Hubbard (1900 - 1988) was born in Bellvue, in northern Kentucky, and spent much of his life on the banks of the Ohio River.  He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York, as well as the Cincinnati Art Academy.  He is known for his books, drawings, and woodcuts that describe the trip he and his wife, Anna, made down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in a shantyboat, and also the subsequent years they spent homesteading in Trimble County.  The watercolors on display in the library depict scenes near their home on the river.

Born in New Orleans, Guy attended the University of Kentucky, graduating in 1970 with a B.A. in English. There he worked on the Kentucky Kernel and met Wendell Berry and Ralph Eugene Meatyard, two of the great influences in his career.  He is an important photographer, represented by Ann Tower Gallery in Lexington, and a distinguished producer of documentaries. 

The double portrait in our collection was first published in Harlan Hubbard: Life and Work, by Wendell Berry (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1990).

A Duet at Payne Hollow (2010?). Black & While Photographic Print.  11 x 14 in.

Judith Moffett donated two portraits to the Little Fine Arts Library by her father, James Moffett.  The portraits depict Harlan and Anna Hubbard and are located with the Hubbard collection in the rear wall of the Reference section on the first floor of the library. 

Portrait of Anna Hubbard.  Charcoal and pastel on paper.

Portrait of Harlan Hubbard.  Charcoal on paper.