Tag Archives: Hubert

Oil from Jim Stirone of Camarillo

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Kim

Laurie from Camarillo, CA wrote to tell me her father-in-law, who spent most of his life in Wilmerding, PA, passed down an original oil painting by H. Lewis to her husband, Jim Stirone. It had been hanging on the living … Continue reading →

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Possible Hubert Lewis painting with signature variation; will owners of known Hubert Lewis works please have a look?

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Kim

Diana Wolfe contacted me and sent photos of a painting and the signature, which looks like H. Lewis with the year 1921 written as well. The signature looks like it may have been written with a slightly broader brush, and … Continue reading →

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More Art from the Collection of Russell and Jean Lewis

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Kim

Paul and Darla requested other family members send their photos of pictures they own of H. Lewis’s work. They received a response from Darla’s brother. A few of the photographs were not posted due to quality issues. The Poppies are … Continue reading →

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Brother John’s H. Lewis Art

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Kim

My brother John has attempted to reduce the confusion of who H. Lewis was on an antiques and art website forum, and gave me the website information a few years ago to help defend our great-grandfather’s art. Seeing this forum … Continue reading →

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Art from Darla and Paul

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Kim

I found Paul and Darla (my second cousin, great-granddaughter of Hubert Lewis) through an antiques and art website forum. I contacted Paul through the email he left on the site. They have been a wonderful source of information to me, … Continue reading →

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My cousin Gina brought along some photos of H. Lewis’s art to our cousin get-together. These come from her mother, Jeanie’s, home. As the youngest daughter of the youngest daughter (Hazel) of Hubert Lewis’s, Doris Jean Boynton is one of … Continue reading →

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Kim | Leave a comment

Art from a Collector

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Kim

Due to the confusion of the signature of H. Lewis, two forums were started on the antiqueandthearts.com website by folks who owned pieces of his art trying to figure out just who the signature belonged to. I left my contact … Continue reading →

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H. Lewis Art at Cousin Julie’s house

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Kim

My cousins, Gina, Julie, Lynn, and I, all great granddaughters of Hubert Lewis, and granddaughters of his fifth child Hazel Huberta Rogers, got together last Sunday to share what we knew, or had heard, about Hubert Lewis and his art, … Continue reading →

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Hubert’s Early Life and Starting a Family

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Kim

Emigrating from the Old Country       On a visit to the industrial town of Govan, Scotland, young Thomas Lewis and his wife Adelaid welcomed their first child, a son, into the world on April 5, 1865. Hubert Robert Lewis was … Continue reading →

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Who Was the Artist Hubert R. Lewis?

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Kim

Hubert Robert Lewis The Man, the Artist       Looking at the old photos I have of my great grandparents, I can see only dark eyes, in shades of black, white, grey and sepia. I see the somberness of a young … Continue reading →

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