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 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]
Career
Hudson is known for his
funk artassemblages, 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]
Personal life
He was married in 1962 to artist
Cornelia Schulz [
Wikidata], 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]
Public collections
Several public museum collections hold work by Hudson, they are:
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.