Artist

Hugo Robus

born Cleveland, OH 1885-died New York City 1964
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Courtesy Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Born
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died
New York, New York, United States
Biography

Born in Ohio, later studied in New York City and Paris. Primarily a Cubist painter until 1920, he became a sculptor whose lyrical, expressive style reflected his interest in "pure form," especially in the human body.

Charles Sullivan, ed American Beauties: Women in Art and Literature (New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with National Museum of American Art, 1993)