Artist

Robert Hudson

born Salt Lake City, UT 1938
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Also known as
  • Robert H. Hudson
Born
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Active in
  • Cotati, California, United States
Biography

Robert Hudson grew up in rural Washington State and moved to San Francisco to attend college. Hudson was influenced by the city’s ceramic artists, whose brightly colored works combine traditional craft and sculpture. He has said that he loves to be "in a position of being overwhelmed," so he makes objects that blur the lines between sculpture, painting, and drawing. His trompe l'oeil, or "fool the eye," sculptures look like one material but are actually made of another, often confusing our perceptions of two- and three-dimensional objects (Beal, "Welded Irony: The Sculpture of Robert Hudson," in Robert Hudson, A Survey, 1985).

Works by this artist (57 items)

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William Page, Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1830-1835, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1972.151.1
Portrait of a Young Man
Artist
Dateca. 1830-1835
oil on canvas
On view
W. Kurtz, William Page, Shakespeare Reading, 1874-1875, photograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William Page Howell, 1979.135.42
Shakespeare Reading
Artist
Date1874-1875
photograph
Not on view
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Shakespeare (drawn by Page from a bust sculptured by Page)
Artist
Dateca. 1874
charcoal with white on paper
Not on view
William Page, Moses Commanding the Waters of the Red Sea to Separate, ca. 1855, pencil and pen and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Pauline Page Howell, 1973.183.28A
Moses Commanding the Waters of the Red Sea to Separate
Artist
Dateca. 1855
pencil and pen and ink on paper
Not on view

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      An interview with the artist Robert Hudson. Robert Hudson grew up in rural Washington State and moved to San Francisco to attend college. Hudson was influenced by the city's ceramic artists, whose brightly colored works combine traditional craft and sculpture. He has said that he loves to be "in a position of being overwhelmed," so he makes objects that blur the lines between sculpture, painting, and drawing. His trompe l'oeil, or "fool the eye," sculptures look like one material but are actually made of another, often confusing our perceptions of two- and three-dimensional objects (Beal, "Welded Irony: The Sculpture of Robert Hudson," in Robert Hudson, A Survey, 1985).