Hugh Cabot III

Who was Hugh Cabot III?

Hugh Cabot, III an American artist born in Boston, Massachusetts the son of Hugh Cabot II, Professor of Sociology, Harvard, and Louise Melenson Cabot.

Hugh Cabot III was an official United States Navy combat artist during the Korean War. His art produced during the Korean War hangs in the Naval Historical Center, Navy Art Collection in Washington, D.C..

Cabot is listed in Who's Who in American Art; Who's Who in International Art; Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in America,Who's Who in the West,. His works have been exhibited in many major museums throughout the United States and the world, and used as illustrations in several publications. Hugh Cabot III is best known for his oil paintings, however, he worked with watercolor, pastels, graphite, charcoal, sculpture and photography. He lived and worked for 37 years in Tubac, Arizona, where his studio and gallery are located. Prior to Tubac he was in Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

He is survived by two children from his first marriage to Greta Lois Chadwick; Mary Elizabeth Cabot-Case and John Chadwick Cabot. His second wife, Olivia Cabot, continues to operate the Hugh Cabot gallery in Tubac, Arizona.