Hobson pittman biography

It also contains four scrapbooks: from ; from ; from ; and The second box contains two more scrapbooks, one from and one from The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and brochures for exhibitions. Pittman specialized in pastels and oil paintings of interiors and flowers. This collection would be of use to those interested in Pittman's art and personal life.

Hobson pittman biography

Skip to search Skip to main content. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr This is a finding aid. His collection, which ranges from toconsists primarily of correspondence received by Pittman and his scrapbooks. The Work Kitchen Still Lifepastel on paper, c. Rosespastel on paper, c. Peachespastel on paper, c. Strawberrieswatercolor on paper4 x 7 inches.

Petuniaspastel on paper, c. Tony Martin From the London Notebookpencil sketch,7 x 11 inches. Both parents came from families long settled in eastern North Carolina. By the time he was sixteen, however, both his parents had died, and Pittman moved to Philadelphia to live with his married sister Juanita. He moved on to study painting and art for a year at Carnegie Institute of Technology before making the first of many trips to Europe for study purposes, including in spending a year there on a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Along with developing and furthering his career as a painter inspired by memories of his North Csaolina childhood, in Philadelphia art circles Pittman was considered an unusually gifted teacher, with the rare talent of aiding a student's development without leaving his own imprint. He himself maintained that the best instruction an artist could have was observation of nature and study in museums.

Pittman's teaching career began in as director of art at the Friends Central Day School near Philadelphia.