Forrest Hibbits, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American artist
Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1905
Place of Birth: Lompoc, California, United States
Date of Death: 06-Jul-1996
Profession: painter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Forrest Hibbits
- Forrest Hibbits (born 1905) was a mid-century fine artist and watercolorist.
- He was born in Lompoc, California, on October 9, 1905.
- He left the Hibbits family ranch to attend the California College of Arts and Crafts and graduated ca.
- 1927.
- He taught at the San Francisco Art Institute.
- Hibbits was married to fellow artist Marie Jaans, whom he met in North Beach.
- He created a poster for the 1939 World's Fair (Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco.
- Hibbits worked as a commercial illustrator along with fellow artist Clyde Follet Seavey at Patterson and Sullivan in San Francisco.
- Marie and Forrest moved from San Francisco back to the Lompoc/Santa Ynez Valley area in the 1940s after Hibbits joined the Army, and lived there for the rest of their lives.
- Later, he taught at the Santa Barbara Art Institute.
- Hibbits worked in many styles, including nudes, representational landscapes, surreal scenes, semi-abstract and abstract works.
- He sold his work in a small store front adjacent to his studio in Buellton called "La Petite Gallerie" from the 1950s until the late 1980s.
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