# Hugo Robus

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{{short description|American sculptor}}

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| birth_place = [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio), U.S.
| death_date = January 14, 1964
| death_place = [Ramapo, New York](/source/Ramapo%2C_New_York), U.S.
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'''Hugo Robus''' (1885 – January 14, 1964) was an American sculptor. He co-founded an [art colony](/source/art_colony) in [New City, New York](/source/New_City%2C_New_York). His sculptures are in the permanent collections of the [Whitney Museum of American Art](/source/Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art), the [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art), the [Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art), and the [Smithsonian American Art Museum](/source/Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum).

==Early life==
Robus was born in 1885 in [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio).<ref name="smithsonianhugorobus">{{cite web |title=Hugo Robus |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/hugo-robus-4088 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |accessdate=November 19, 2018}}</ref> He attended the [Cleveland School of Art](/source/Cleveland_School_of_Art) in his hometown, the [National Academy of Design](/source/National_Academy_of_Design) in New York City, and the [Académie de la Grande Chaumière](/source/Acad%C3%A9mie_de_la_Grande_Chaumi%C3%A8re) in Paris.<ref name="smithsonianhugorobus"/><ref name="journalnewsobit">{{cite news |title=Sculptor Hugo Robus Of New City Is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/163032917/?terms=%22Hugo%2BRobus%22 |accessdate=November 19, 2018 |work=The Journal News|location=White Plains, New York |date=January 15, 1964|page=2|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|url-access=registration }}</ref>
[[File:Sculpture by Hugo Robus in Munising MI USA USPO.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|''Chippewa Legend'' (1939), relief sculpture by Robus at the post office in [Munising, Michigan](/source/Munising%2C_Michigan)]]

==Career==
Robus was a painter until the 1920s, when he became a sculptor.<ref name="journalnewsobit"/> He established an [art colony](/source/art_colony) in [New City, New York](/source/New_City%2C_New_York) with [Henry Varnum Poor](/source/Henry_Varnum_Poor_(designer)) and [Martha Kantor](/source/Martha_Kantor) in 1918.<ref name="therecordobit">{{cite news |title=Sculptor Hugo Robus Of New City Is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/491092457/?terms=%22Hugo%2BRobus%22 |accessdate=November 19, 2018 |work=The Record |location=Hackensack, New Jersey |date=January 15, 1964|page=54|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|url-access=registration }}</ref>

His sculptures were exhibited at the [Grand Central Art Galleries](/source/Grand_Central_Art_Galleries) in New York City and [Corcoran Gallery of Art](/source/Corcoran_Gallery_of_Art) in Washington, D.C.<ref name="journalnewsobit"/> They later became part of the permanent collections of the [Whitney Museum of American Art](/source/Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art),<ref name="journalnewsobit"/> the [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art) and the [Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art) in New York City,<ref name="therecordobit"/><ref name="momahugorobus">{{cite web |title=Hugo Robus |url=https://www.moma.org/artists/4968 |website=Museum of Modern Art |accessdate=November 19, 2018}}</ref><ref name="methugorobus">{{cite web |title=Hugo Robus (American, 1885–1964) |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/486780 |website=Metropolitan Museum of Art |accessdate=November 19, 2018}}</ref> as well as the [Smithsonian American Art Museum](/source/Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum) in Washington, D.C.<ref name="smithsonianhugorobus"/>

==Personal life and death==
Robus resided at 567 [South Mountain Road](/source/South_Mountain_Road) in New City, New York.<ref name="therecordobit"/> He had a son, Hugo Robus Jr.<ref name="journalnewsobit"/>

Robus died in 1964 at the Ramapo General Hospital in [Ramapo, New York](/source/Ramapo%2C_New_York), at age 78.<ref name="journalnewsobit"/><ref name="therecordobit"/>

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Category:1885 births
Category:1964 deaths
Category:Artists from Cleveland
Category:People from New City, New York
Category:Cleveland School of Art alumni
Category:National Academy of Design alumni
Category:Sculptors from New York (state)
Category:20th-century American sculptors
Category:20th-century American male artists
Category:Federal Art Project artists
Category:Section of Painting and Sculpture artists

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