Following are a few of the many Chatham and Pittsylvania County paintings by artist Wilson G. Hibble..
Pittsylvania County Courthouse, 1975, acrylic on masonite, 16" x 20".
Collection: Y1.
North Main Street, Chatham, ca. 1976, acrylic on masonite, 22" x 30".
Collection: B1.
Yates Tavern, ca. 1976, acrylic on masonite, 22" x 30".
Collection: B1.
Clement Hill, ca. 1976, acrylic on masonite, 22" x 30".
Collection: B1.
Woodlawn, ca. 1976, acrylic on masonite, 22" x 30".
Collection: B1.
Sharswood, ca. 1976, acrylic on masonite, 22" x 30".
Collection: B1.
Chatham's Railway Station, ca. 1976, acrylic on masonite, 22" x 30".
Collection: B1.
Tomahawk Mill, ca. 1976, acrylic on masonite, 22" x 30".
Collection: B1.
Callands Clerk's Office, ca. 1976, acrylic on masonite, 22" x 30".
Collection: B1.
Tobacco Barns, ca. 1976, acrylic on masonite, 22" x 30".
Collection: B1.
Flag of the United States of America, ca. 1976, acrylic on masonite, 16" x 20".
Collection: Y1.
Flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia, ca. 1976, acrylic on masonite, 16" x 20".
Collection: Y1.
Flag of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, ca. 1976, acrylic on masonite, 16" x 20".
Collection: Y1.
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On July 8, 1944, Wilson Hibble married Lucy Hamlett of Danville, Virginia. The ceremony occurred in Philadelphia. Hibble was serving in the U. S. Navy at the time. (This information is derived from “Miss Hamlett Becomes Bride of W. G. Hibble,” Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia, July 19, 1944, p. 3.) Wilson Hibble and his sister Virginia married siblings Lucy and Sandy Hamlett.
In 1963 Wilson Hibble is described as a “wandering artist” who is creating paintings of historic buildings in Gloucester, Virginia, the hometown of his childhood. In Gloucester, his favorite medium was watercolor. The article states that while Hibble was in the Navy during World War II, he studied art through correspondence with the Washington School of Art. He also was a graduate of the Boston School of Art and studied privately with artists for two years. He worked as an artist with an advertising agency for about 15 years before taking “to the road.” (This information is derived from “Peripatetic Artist Strives to Capture Historic Sites,” Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia, May 26, 1963, p. 6D.)
In 1974 Wilson Hibble is featured regarding his several paintings commissioned for the grand opening of the new facility of the Planter's Bank in Chatham, Virginia. (This is from the article “Paintings to Feature Planter's Opening” The Register, Danville, Virginia, February 3, 1974, p. 1B.)
In 1975 Hibble again is in the news for his paintings on rocks he has collected around Danville and Pittsylvania County, Virginia. At the time the article was written, he was residing and painting at Hope Harbor, a Danville agency involved in alcoholic rehabilitation. (The article is “‘Canvas’ for Hibble Is Natural Stone,” The Register and Bee, Danville, Virginia, June 18, 1975, pages B1 and B2.)
In 1980 famed Associated Press writer Jules Loh featured Wilson Hibble in an article that was distributed nationally and internationally. Loh describes Hibble as a “prodigious” artist who is living and working at Vincent Shorter's Garage in Chatham, Virginia, using a stack of tires near a grease rack or a rusty truck fender for his easel and sleeping in a junked red Mercedes. (The article is “Roving Artist Settles In to Paint the Town," Associated Press, July 1980; one of many outlets was Anchorage Times, Anchorage, Alaska, July 6, 1980, p. F8.)
Wilson Gregory Hibble died on July 10, 1988 in Chatham, Virginia. He was born July 1, 1920, to Roland Lee Hibble and Ada Frances Shepard Hibble. Survivors included his sister Virginia Lee Hamlett of Danville. The memorial service was conducted at 3 p.m. on July 19 from the Scott Funeral Home Chapel in Chatham by the Rev. R. Fletcher Hardy III. (The announcement appeared in The Register and Bee, Danville, Virginia, June 13, 1988, p. 2A.)
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