Hubert Julian "Jay" Stowitts

Dancers Ruth Page and Hubert Stowitts, from a 1923 magazine

Hubert Julian "Jay" Stowitts was an American painter[1] and ballet dancer.

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 to 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

  1. ^ Aldrich, Robert (2008-01-28). Colonialism and Homosexuality. Routledge. p. 355. ISBN 9781134644599. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. ^ "The Stowitts Museum & Library - About Stowitts". www.stowitts.org. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  3. ^ "Gay Bears: Hubert Stowitts". vm136.lib.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  4. ^ Boone, Joseph A. (2014-02-25). The Homoerotics of Orientalism. Columbia University Press. p. 388. ISBN 9780231521826. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. ^ "[Anna Pavlova and Hubert Stowitts in La Peri] (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  6. ^ "QAR Artist Page: Stowitts: Paintings 2". www.queer-arts.org. Retrieved 2016-04-05.