Hubert Julian "Jay" Stowitts
Hubert Julian "Jay" Stowitts was an American painter.[1]
Jay Stowitts was born on June 26, 1892 in Rushville, Nebraska.[2] His family moved to Los Angeles and Stowitts attended the University of California, Berkeley, from 1911-1915. At Cal he was captain of the track team.[3] He joined the dance company of Anna Pavlova and toured the world with her,[4] performing in works such as La Peri.[5]
For the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Stowitts painted a series of nudes with Olympic athletes such as Woody Strode, Briggs Hunt, William Golden, Bobby Riggs, and Frank Kurtz.[6]
Stowitts died in 1953.
References
- ^ Aldrich, Robert (2008-01-28). Colonialism and Homosexuality. Routledge. p. 355. ISBN 9781134644599. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "The Stowitts Museum & Library - About Stowitts". www.stowitts.org. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- ^ "Gay Bears: Hubert Stowitts". vm136.lib.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- ^ Boone, Joseph A. (2014-02-25). The Homoerotics of Orientalism. Columbia University Press. p. 388. ISBN 9780231521826. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "[Anna Pavlova and Hubert Stowitts in La Peri] (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- ^ "QAR Artist Page: Stowitts: Paintings 2". www.queer-arts.org. Retrieved 2016-04-05.