Robert H. Hudson

Robert Hudson
After Wood, painted steel, 1990, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Born	Robert H. Hudson 1938 Salt Lake City, Utah
Nationality	American
Education	San Francisco Art Institute
Known for	Sculpture
Movement	Modernist sculpture, Geometric abstraction

Robert Hudson (born 1938) is an American artist. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and grew up in Richland, Washington. He received a B.F.A in 1961 and an M.F.A. in 1963, both from the San Francisco Art Institute.

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.

Public collections[]

Several public collections hold work by Robert Hudson. They are:

• The Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, Massachusetts),
• The Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, New York),
• The Art Institute of Chicago,
• The National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC),
• The Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento),
• The Henry Art Gallery (University of Washington, Seattle),
• The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC),
• The Honolulu Museum of Art,
• The Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
• The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
• The Museum of Modern Art (New York City),
• The Museum of Sonoma County, (Santa Rosa, California)
• The de Young Museum (San Francisco, California),
• The Oakland Museum of California (Oakland, California),
• The Palm Springs Desert Museum (Palm Springs, California),
• The Philadelphia Museum of Art,
• The Saint Louis Art Museum,
• The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
• The Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands),
• The University Art Museum (University of California, Berkeley),
• The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Salt Lake City), and
• The Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City).

Representation[]

Hudson is currently represented by:

• Brian Gross Fine Art in San Francisco, California.
• Bivins Gallery in Dallas, Texas.

References[]

• 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[]

• Robert Hudson at Library of Congress Authorities, with 3 catalog records

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