Edna Hibel, born in Boston in 1917, studied at the School of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts. The Boston Museum purchased a painting for its
permanent collection from the exhibition of her works completed in
Mexico under the Sturtevant Traveling Fellowship, which she won in
1939, making Edna Hibel the youngest living artist so honored by a
major American museum.
Her distinguished career as painter, sculptress, and porcelain and graphic artist with major one-artist exhibitions on 4 continents, and her humanitarian efforts have won Miss Hibel numerous prestigious awards from organizations and individuals such as the United Nations, US Congress, Pope John Paul II, Queen Elizabeth II, Cordon Bleu Society, Royal Society of Art, and the exclusive Nobel Prize dominated World Academy of Art.
The Hibel Museum of Art opened in January 1977 as a tribute to the artist by two of her foremost collectors, the late Ethelbelle and Clayton B Craig. The Craigs conceived the Hibel Museum to be a permanent repository for their world famous collection of Hibel Art.
Aware of the richness and profundity of Hibel's unique contribution to America's and the world's art heritage, the Craigs also envisioned the Hibel Museum as a multi-functional cultural and educational institution. Here scholars and artists, as well as art lovers, can find the resources for the study and appreciation of a comprehensive collection of her work. The museum holds free monthly chamber concerts. In addition to the exhibitions and concerts, the museum has a unique gift store.
HOURS: 10 AM to 5 PM Tuesday through Saturday, 1 PM to 5 PM Sunday.
ADMISSION: Donation.
DIRECTIONS: Exit I-95 onto Palm Beach Lakes Blvd east. Turn right onto US 1 or Olive Ave one block further. Turn left onto Royal Poinciana Way. The museum is across the lake on the right.