Robert Hudson | |
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Born | Robert H. Hudson 1938 (age 85–86)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Education | San Francisco Art Institute |
Known for | Sculpture |
Movement | Modernist sculpture, Geometric abstraction |
Spouse(s) | Cornelia Schulz (m. 1962–?; divorced); Mavis Jukes (m. 1977–present) |
Children | 4 |
Robert H. Hudson (born 1938) [1] is an American visual artist. He is known for his funk art assemblage metal sculptures, [2] but he has also worked in painting and printmaking.
Hudson lives and works in Cotati, Sonoma County, California. [2] [3]
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 for college in 1957. [3] He received a B.F.A degree in 1961 and an M.F.A. degree in 1963, both from California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute or SFAI). Hudson was classmates with William T. Wiley. [4] Hudson studied under Nathan Oliveira, Frank Lobdell, Elmer Bischoff, Jeremy Anderson, Gurdon Woods, and Frank Hamilton. [4]
Hudson is known for his funk art assemblages, of the late 1950s and 1960s. He has 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]
He was married in 1962 to artist Cornelia Schulz , whom he met at SFAI. Through his married to Schultz they have 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 second marriage was to author Mavis Jukes in 1977, and they have two daughters together. [4]
Several public museum collections hold work by Hudson, they are:
Robert Hudson | |
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Born | Robert H. Hudson 1938 (age 85–86)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Education | San Francisco Art Institute |
Known for | Sculpture |
Movement | Modernist sculpture, Geometric abstraction |
Spouse(s) | Cornelia Schulz (m. 1962–?; divorced); Mavis Jukes (m. 1977–present) |
Children | 4 |
Robert H. Hudson (born 1938) [1] is an American visual artist. He is known for his funk art assemblage metal sculptures, [2] but he has also worked in painting and printmaking.
Hudson lives and works in Cotati, Sonoma County, California. [2] [3]
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 for college in 1957. [3] He received a B.F.A degree in 1961 and an M.F.A. degree in 1963, both from California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute or SFAI). Hudson was classmates with William T. Wiley. [4] Hudson studied under Nathan Oliveira, Frank Lobdell, Elmer Bischoff, Jeremy Anderson, Gurdon Woods, and Frank Hamilton. [4]
Hudson is known for his funk art assemblages, of the late 1950s and 1960s. He has 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]
He was married in 1962 to artist Cornelia Schulz , whom he met at SFAI. Through his married to Schultz they have 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 second marriage was to author Mavis Jukes in 1977, and they have two daughters together. [4]
Several public museum collections hold work by Hudson, they are: