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Jesse Hobby

Jesse Carl Hobby (1871 - 1938) was active/lived in Illinois.  Jesse Hobby is known for Landscape-snowscene painting.

Jess Hobby 1871–1938

As a boy, Jesse Carl Hobby studied painting with Elbridge Grafton and H. B. Hewley in his native Cooperstown, New York. He later moved west to work under Mart S. Hazelton, in Omaha, Nebraska, learning the craft of scenic design. Until at least 1924, when he visited Madison, Wisconsin, with the La Vern Stock Company, Hobby traveled around the Midwest with touring theater companies. Based in Joliet, Illinois, in 1900, he later moved to nearby Morris and then to Chicago. Hobby undertook decorative painting projects in addition to theater work, including backdrops for displays at Chicago’s 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. He was a member of the United Scenic Artists Association, a national labor union and professional organization.

Around 1921, Hobby with his wife and family took up residence in suburban Oak Park, Illinois, where he painted a curtain for the Warrington Theatre (formerly the Warrington Opera House). Independent of such large-scale work   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3276 characters.]  Artist bio

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