Hubert Julian "Jay" Stowitts

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.