Mark Hilbert: Founder of the Hilbert Museum of California Art - Epi. 296 Host Dr. Mark Sublette

It's always fun to go someplace new. In this case, it's the
Hilbert Museum, which is part of Chapman University. It's a
museum that opened in 2016, but it's just recently reopened with
two major wings and some incredible art.

I had the fortune of walking, talking, and interviewing Mark
Hilbert, who is the person who really designed and gave all the
art and money to develop this museum. He had been collecting art
for 50 years  and he had a vision wanted to share it with
the world. It's just full of amazing, important
paintings. 

You have a variety of paintings from some of the top California
artists, work from famous illustrators, a collection full of
Disney artists. Even a show that's on transitional Navajo
eyedazzler blankets. 

So we just kind of did a walkthrough of this Museum and spoke
about the pieces. This is a great podcast to watch on YouTube,
just so you can see the artwork and also just the passion in his
face for these pieces. 

It was a wonderful afternoon in Orange City, California, and I
hope everyone goes out and sees this museum. It's a real gem and
it's just now open right next to the train station. Mark Hilbert
on episode 296 of Art Dealer DIaries Podcast.