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JOHN HUBBARD RICH

(1876-1954)

PAINTER & ILLUSTRATOR

By Erin Carroll

John Hubbard Rich was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 5, 1876. He attended the Art Students League in New York for four years, followed by three years of study at the School of the Boston Museum. While studying in Boston, he was awarded the Paige two-year traveling scholarship in Europe. Upon returning from Europe, he taught art at the Groton School. In 1914, he and artist William Cahill moved to Los Angeles and established the School for Illustrating and Painting. In Los Angeles, he taught at the University of Southern California and Otis Institute. The artist died in Los Angeles on March 30, 1954.




Exhibitions

  • Boston Art Club
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Laguna Beach Art Association
  • 1905-07 Boston Museum of Fine Art
  • 1915, 1917, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1939 Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  • 1915 San Diego Exposition
  • 1916-17, 1919 California Art Club
  • 1916 San Francisco Art Association
  • 1916 Panama-California Exposition
  • 1928 California State Fair
  • 1939 National Academy of Design
  • 1905, 1912-14, 1923 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
  • 1928 California State Fair
  • 1928 Arizona State Fair
  • 1932 Santa Monica Art Association
  • 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition
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    AWARDS

  • 1905-07 Paige Traveling Scholarship, Boston Museum of Fine Arts School
  • 1915 Silver Medal, San Diego Exposition
  • 1916 Second Prize, California Art Club
  • 1916 Silver Medal, Panama-California Exposition
  • 1917 Black Prize, California Art Club
  • 1919 Ackerman Prize, California Art Club
  • 1922 Harrison Prize, Los Angeles County Museum
  • 1932 Purchase Prize, Santa Monica Art Association
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    COLLECTIONS

  • Boston Museum of Fine Art
  • California State Federation of Women’s Clubs
  • Federal Building, Los Angeles
  • Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles
  • Los Angeles County Museum
  • Pomona College
  • Scripps College
  • Utah Art Institute
  • University Club, San Diego
  • University of Southern California
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    MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Artists Professional League
  • California Art Club
  • Laguna Beach Art Association
  • Salmagundi Club
  • San Diego Art Guild
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    Bibliography

    1. 1. Grund. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Vol. II, 2006, p. 991.
    2. 2. Hughes, Edan Milton. Artists in California: 1786-1940. Second ed., Vol. I, Sacramento, CA, 1989, p. 465.
    3. 3. Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, ed. Glenn B. Opitz, 1986, p. 771.
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