Charles Hubbard Wright was born on November 20, 1870, in Knightstown, Indiana, and studied at the Art Students League in New York, where he lived and worked for most of his life. By age twenty-five, Wright had made a name for himself as a poster artist, or enough for a mention in Charles Hiatt's Picture Posters, which was printed in London in 1895. In addition to drawing black-and-white cartoons for Judge magazine, Wright was a fine artist who worked in oil and watercolor. He was a member of the Society of Illustrators, New Rochelle Art Association, Salmagundi Club, New York Water Color Club, and Guild of Free Lance Artists. He exhibited with the Art Institute of Chicago and the Society of Independent Artists. Little else is known of his life or career. Wright died in 1939.
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A poster design by Charles Hubbard Wright, probably from the late 1890s or thereabouts.
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A line of bathing beauties from Judge magazine of the 1910s . . .
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and a historical scene perhaps from sometime later, beautifully done despite the subject matter.
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Text copyright 2010, 2024 Terence E. Hanley
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