Robert H. Hudson
Robert Hudson | |
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 After Wood, painted steel, 1990, Smithsonian American Art Museum | |
| Born | Robert H. Hudson September 8, 1938 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | June 14, 2024 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | San Francisco Art Institute |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Movement | Modernist sculpture, Geometric abstraction |
| Spouse(s) | Donna McGregor (divorced); Cornelia Schulz (m. 1962–?; divorced); Mavis Jukes (m. 1977–present) |
| Children | 4 |
Robert H. Hudson (September 8, 1938–June 14, 2024)[1] was an American visual artist. He was known for his funk art assemblage of metal sculptures,[2] but he also worked in painting and printmaking.
Hudson lived and worked in Cotati, Sonoma County, California.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Robert Hudson was born in 1938 in Salt Lake City, Utah and he grew up in Richland, Washington.[3] At a young age he became interested in making art.[3]
Hudson moved to San Francisco, California, in 1957 to attend college.[3] He received a B.F.A degree in 1961 and an M.F.A. degree in 1963, both from the California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute or SFAI). Hudson was a classmate of William T. Wiley.[4] Hudson studied under Nathan Oliveira, Frank Lobdell, Elmer Bischoff, Jeremy Anderson, Gurdon Woods, and Frank Hamilton.[4]
Career
[edit]Hudson is known for his funk art assemblages, from the late 1950s and 1960s. He also produced non-objective paintings, ceramics and large steel and bronze sculptures. His first solo exhibition was in 1961 at the Richmond Art Center, while he was still in graduate school.[5]
In 2010, Hudson created a 16-story tall mural made of polychromatic enameled steel panels for One Hawthorne, a condominium building in San Francisco.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Hudson first wife was Donna McGregor, a high school classmate, whom he married before moving to San Francisco. Next he was married in 1962 to artist Cornelia Schulz, whom he met at SFAI. Through his marriage to Schultz, they had two sons, and it eventually ended in divorce.[7][4] His son Case Hudson (born 1968) is a master printmaker and has worked at Crown Point Press, and Gemini G.E.L.[4][8]
Hudson's third marriage was to author Mavis Jukes in 1977, and they have two daughters together.[4]
Public collections
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Several public museum collections hold work by Hudson, they are:
- Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts,
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York,[9]
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,[10]
- Di Rosa Collection, Napa, California,[11]
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), San Francisco, California,[4]
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.,[12]
- Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California,[13]
- Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington,
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.,
- Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii,
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California,
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts,
- Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York,[14]
- Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, California,
- Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California,
- Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California,
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
- Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri,
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California,[14]
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.,[1]
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,[14]
- Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah,
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Robert Hudson". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ a b Chun, Kimberly (2015-12-15). "Robert Hudson continues on funky path in new S.F. exhibit". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ a b c d Raskin, Jonah (2005-11-18). "The Arts / Art meets alchemy in Cotati artist's studio". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ a b c d e f "Robert Hudson". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ "Robert Hudson and Charles Frazier". Artforum.com. August 1963. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ Sardar, Zahid (2010-06-06). "Porcelain graphic on steel leaves lasting image". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ Baker, Kenneth (2012-06-22). "Robert Hudson, Cornelia Schulz on shape, intimacy". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ "Case Hudson, American, born 1968". National Gallery of Art (NGA). Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ "Robert H. Hudson". Albright-Knox. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ "Robert Hudson". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ Rosa, Rene Di (1999). Local Color: The Di Rosa Collection of Contemporary California Art. Chronicle Books. pp. 112–114. ISBN 978-0-8118-2376-0.
- ^ "Artist Info, Robert Hudson". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ "Outrigger". Crocker Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ a b c "Legends of The Bay Area: Robert Hudson". MarinMOCA. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
Further reading
[edit]- Beal, Graham W.J., Jan Butterfield & Michael Schwager, Robert Hudson, a Survey, San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1985.
- Brooks, Rosetta, Christine Giles & Katherine Plake Hough, Collaborations: William Allan, Robert Hudson, William Wiley, Palm Springs, Calif., Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1998.
- Reynolds, Jock, Robert Hudson and Richard Shaw, New Ceramic Sculpture, Andover, MA, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1998.
- Rose Art Museum, Robert Hudson, Sculpture, William T. Wiley, Painting: Patrons and Friends, Waltham, Mass., Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 1991.
- Schjeldahl. Peter, East and West and ROBERT HUDSON, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Moore College of Art Gallery, 1977.
- San Francisco Museum of Art, Robert Hudson / Richard Shaw, Work in Porcelain, San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1973.
External links
[edit]- Robert Hudson at Library of Congress, with 3 library catalog records
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