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Robert Hudson - Artists - Paul Thiebaud Gallery

A leading figure in American sculpture for over 60 years, Robert Hudson (1938-2024) combined welded steel, found objects, and brightly painted surfaces to create complex forms that dazzle and confound the eye. Graham Beal, in his essay, Welded Irony: The Sculpture of Robert Hudson, for the artist’s 1985 retrospective at SFMOMA, wrote, “Each work asserts, somehow, the pleasure of forms, objects, textures, colors, and, by implication, the glory of the many varied things around us.” In the following four decades of his career, Hudson’s sculptures continued to boldly deploy this aesthetic and attitude. In addition to the colors found inherently in the raw elements that go into his sculptures, Hudson often added his trademark of bright, primary colors to many areas of each work. In doing so, the artist simultaneously highlighted the areas the paint was applied to while also visually dissolving their three-dimensional forms so that they continually interchanged between two- and three-dimensions within the viewer’s perception. Through the delicate balance of movement and containment created the arrangement of his elements, and the interplay of form, void, and illusion, Hudson created signature works throughout his career.

 

Robert Hudson grew up in Richland, Washington, and received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1963. Recognized for his talent while still a graduate student, Hudson, along with his contemporaries, Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, William T. Wiley, and others, was included in Peter Selz’ historic exhibition, FUNK, at the Berkeley Art Museum in 1967. Hudson’s polychrome steel sculptures, ceramic sculptures, and paintings are in major museums and collections throughout the United States and Europe, including The Museum of Modern Art, NYC; Whitney Museum of American Art; SFMOMA; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, among others.

ROBERT HUDSON

1938
Born Salt Lake City, UT

EDUCATION

1963
M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute

1961
B.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute

EMPLOYMENT

1997
Artist-In-Residence, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

1994
Faculty Guest Instructor of Sculpture, California College of Arts and Crafts

1983
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Art, University of California, Davis.

1974
Artist-in-Residence, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1966-1973
Assistant Professor of Art, University of California, Berkeley

1965-1966
Appointed Chair, Sculpture/Ceramics Dept. San Francisco Art Institute

1964-1965
Faculty, Instructor of Sculpture San Francisco Art Institute

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019  Project: Robert Hudson Drawings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; exhibition catalog

2018  Selected Works 1968-71, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

Robert Hudson: Selected Work 1968–71, Luckman Gallery, California State University at Los Angeles

2016  Robert Hudson: New Work, South Willard, Los Angeles, CA

2015  Recent Sculpture and Drawings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

Robert Hudson: New Works, South Willard, Los Angeles, CA

2013  Legends of the Bay Area: Robert Hudson, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, California

Robert Hudson: Sculpture, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2012  Robert Hudson: Recent Sculpture, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2011  Robert Hudson, Sanchez Gallery Pacifica, CA

2010  Robert Hudson: Sculpture and Drawings, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco , CA

Robert Hudson: Sculpture, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008  Robert Hudson: Sculpture, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2007  Robert Hudson: Found Objects, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago

2005  Robert Hudson: New Work, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL

Robert Hudson: The Sonoma County Years, 1977-2005, Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, CA

2004  Robert Hudson: Sculpture/Constructions, b. sakata garo gallery, Sacramento, CA

2003  Robert Hudson: Ceramics, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2001  Robert Hudson: Ceramics, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Robert Hudson: Works on Paper, Robert Mondavi Gallery, Oakville, CA

2000  Robert Hudson: Ceramics, Drawings, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

Robert Hudson: Ceramics, Sculpture, Drawings, b. sakata garo, Fine Art, Sacramento, CA

1999-2000  Robert Hudson: Ceramic Sculpture, Drawings, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO

Robert Hudson: Ceramics, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1999  Collaborations, William Allan, William Wiley, Robert Hudson, b. sakata garo, Fine Art, Sacramento, CA

1998  Robert Hudson: Ceramics, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

1996  Robert Hudson: Drawings and Sculpture, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1995  Works On Paper, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL

1991  Robert Hudson: Sculpture and Works on Paper, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1989  Robert Hudson: New Sculpture, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY

1987  Robert Hudson: Sculpture, Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1986  Robert Hudson: Unique Polychrome Bronzes, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY

1985  Robert Hudson: A Survey, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida; Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA

1984  Robert Hudson: Paintings and Works on Paper, Richard Eugene Fuller Art Gallery, Beaver College, Glenside, PA

1981  Robert Hudson: New Polychrome Sculpture, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY

1983  The Bob Hudson Show, Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission, MO

1982  Robert Hudson, Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Robert Hudson: Sculpture and Drawings, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA

1981  Robert Hudson, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY

1979  Robert Hudson, Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Robert Hudson: Paintings, Constructions, and Drawings, South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL

1978  Robert Hudson: New Paintings and Drawings, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY

1977  Robert Hudson, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY

Robert Hudson, Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Robert Hudson, Portland Center For The Visual Arts, Portland, OR

Two California Artists; Robert Hudson and Roy De Forest, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

Robert Hudson, Moore College of Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1976  Robert Hudson, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, IL

1975  Robert Hudson: Paintings and Sculptures, Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1974  Robert Hudson/Richard Shaw: Work in Porcelain, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

Robert Hudson: Paintings, Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Robert Hudson/Richard Shaw: Work in Porcelain, E.G. Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1972  Robert Hudson: Recent Sculpture, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, IL

1971  Robert Hudson: New Sculpture, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY

The Star Show, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA

1970  Robert Hudson, Michael Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1967  Robert Hudson: Recent Sculpture, Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1965  Robert Hudson Sculpture: 1965 Nealie Sullivan Award Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

Robert Hudson: First New York Exhibition, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY

1964  Robert Hudson, Lanyon Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

1962  Robert Hudson, Bolles Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1961  Sculpture and Drawings by Robert Hudson, Batman Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Sculpture by Robert Hudson, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022  FRAMED: Works by Peter Alexander, Robert Arneson, Andrew Belschner, Roy De Forest, Adam Fowler, Dana Hart-Stone, Robert Hudson, Ed Moses, Ruth Pastine, Paul Sarkisian and Andrea Way, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2021  Photo Based: Works by Tony Berlant, Dana Hart-Stone, Robert Hudson, Keira Kotler, Meridel Rubenstein, and Paul Sarkisian, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2020  30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; exhibition catalog

2019  Landscape Without Boundaries: Selections from the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis

2018  20 Sonoma Collectors: Celebrating SVMA’s 20th Year, Sonoma Valley Museum, Sonoma, CA

3 Friends: Hudson, Stupin and Shaw, Art Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA

2016  Mustard Road, The Battery SF, San Francisco, CA

Imagery Art for Wine Collection: An Art and Wine Partnership, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

The Butterfly Effect: Art in 1970s California, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

Palate to Palette: The Imagery Collection at Sonoma State University, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA

Reclaimed: Elevating the Art of Reuse, San Francisco Art Education Project, Minnesota Street, San Francisco, CA

2015  The Ceramic Presence in Modern Art, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

What Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY

2014  What Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present, RISD Museum, Providence, RI

2013  Small is Beautiful, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Curator's Choice: Bay Area Art, Ascent, San Francisco, CA

2012  The Intersection of Art And Music, Sonoma State University Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA

Robert Hudson and Cornelia Schulz: In Conversation, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

California Dreamin': Thirty Years of Collecting, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA

20@20: Twenty Artists at Twenty Years, Santa Rosa, CA

2009  Robert Hudson & Richard Shaw, American University, Washington, D.C.

Group Show, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Sculpture, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Robert Hudson & Richard Shaw: Ceramic Sculpture, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

2008  Sculpture, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IIl.

2006  RecentAcquisitions, di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature

2005  Spectrum, Sculpture, Sonoma, Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, CA

Teapots, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Robert Hudson, John di Marchi, Michael Cooper, Santa Rosa Junior College Museum, Santa Rosa, Ca

2004-2005  The True Artist is an Amazing Luminous Fountain: Selections from The di Rosa Preserve — Art and Nature, The Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC; di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA; Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA

2004  25th Anniversary Exhibition, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA

Crown Point Press: Prints, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA

2003  The Other Side, b. sakata garo gallery, Sacramento, CA

Color, Form & Figure, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002  Hudson, De Forest, Holland, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001  Hudson/Shaw Ceramics, Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO

Collection of the Artist: Manuel Neri, Benicia, CA

2000  Celebrating Modern Art - The Anderson Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

Looking Toward the Future, SFMOMA Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Robert Hudson and Richard Shaw - New Ceramic Sculpture, Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA

Santa Barbara's 150th Birthday Celebration, Santa Barbara, CA

Made In California: Art, Image and Identity, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Generations II, b. sakata garo, Fine Art, Sacramento, CA

1999  Collaborations: William Allan, Robert Hudson, William Wiley, Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA / Scottsdale Museum of Art, Scottsdale, AZ

Teamworks - Robert Hudson and Richard Shaw, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco, CA

The Art of Craft, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA

By Design: Art and Wine - The Benziger Series, Glen Ellen, CA

Collaborations, William Allan, William Wiley, Robert Hudson, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA

Hudson, Wiley, Shaw - Collaborative Works, S.S.U., Cotati, CA

1998
Robert Hudson and Richard Shaw, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Art, Boston, MA
Collaborations William Allan, Robert Hudson, William Wiley, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA; The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL
A Theater of Art lll, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1997
Hudson, Wiley, Shaw - Collaborative Works, Hayward State University, Hayward, CA

Thirty Five Years at Crown Point Press, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA

1996  Illustrious History 1871-Present, San Francisco Art Institute, S.F., CA

1995  Advice and Dissent collaborative Work: William Allan, Robert Hudson, William T. Wiley, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA

California in the 60s - Funk Revisited, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY

1994  Selections from Rene di Rosa Collections, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

Advice and Dissent Collaborative Work: William Allan, Robert Hudson, William T. Wiley, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Imagery Series Collection, Rockford College, Rockford, IL

Academy of Art College, Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco

1993  Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH; St. Louis Art Museum, MO; Newport Harbor Art Museum, CA; National Museum of American Art, D.C.

1992  Robert Hudson: New Sculpture, Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1991  Selections from the Rene and Veronica di Rosa Collection, Redding Museum of Art and History

American Abstraction at the Addison, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover MA

Collection of Pacific Enterprises, Los Angeles, CA

Robert Hudson: Sculpture, William T. Wiley Painting, Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

1988  Spectrum: New Developments in Three Dimensions, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY

1985  Fortissimo: Thirty Years from the Richard Brown Baker Collection of Contemporary Art, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island; San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR

1984  Return of the Narrative, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA

California Sculpture Show, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; C.A.P.C. Musee dArt Contemporain de Bordeaux, France: Stadiche Kunsthalle, Mannheim, West Germany; Yourshire Sculpture Par, West Bretton, England; Sonja Henies og Niels Onstads Stiftelser, Hovidkodden, Norway (organized by the California/International Arts Foundation as part of the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival)

1982  A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

The West as Art: Changing Perception of Western Art in California Collections, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA

100 Years of California Sculpture, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

1980  Directions, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

1979  The First Western States Biennial Exhibition, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington (organized by the Western States Arts foundation with assistance from the Denver Art Museum)

1976  Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

1975  34th Biennial of Contemporary American Painting, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The Condition of Sculpture Hayward Gallery, London (Arts Council of Great Britain)

1971  San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Exhibition, M.H. de Young memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA

The Nicholas Wilder Collection: Portrait of an Art Dealer, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

1970  Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

1969  14 Sculptors: The Industrial Edge, Walker Art Center and Daytons Department Store, Minneapolis, MN

1968  The West Coast Now: Current Work from the Western Seaboard, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA; Los Angles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

1967  Funk, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA

American Sculpture of the Sixties, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1966  The Slant Step Show, Berkeley Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Annual Exhibition 1966: Contemporary Sculpture and Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

1965  Young America 1965: Thirty American Artists under Thirty-Five, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Young American Sculpture - East to West, American Express Pavilion, World’s Fair, New York, NY

1964  The Eighty-Third Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

Annual Exhibition 1964: Contemporary American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

1963  The 82nd Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

1962  Some Points of View ‘62: San Francisco Bay Area Painting and Sculpture, Stanford University Art Gallery and Museum, Palo Alto, CA

1961  Art of San Francisco: Ninetieth Anniversary Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1960  San Francisco Art Association Seventy-ninth Annual: Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

Northern California Sculptors Annual, Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA

 

AWARDS

2014  Lee Krasner Award in recognition of a Lifetime of Artistic Achievement

1979  Awarded Public Sculpture Commission under the General Services Administration's Art-in-Architecture program to execute the sculpture, Tlingit

1976  John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship

1972  Individual Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts.

1969  Repair Show, Berkeley Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Travelled to: A S S S C Art Gallery, Sacramento State College, Sacramento, CA

1965  Nealie Sullivan Award, San Francisco Art Institute

 

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA

Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Anderson Collection at Stanford University, CA

Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles, CA

AT&T Corporation

Berkeley Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, CA

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Denver Art Museum, CO

Des Moines Art Center, IA

di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

Gund Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Hirshhorn Museum And Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IA

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Sanford University, CA

Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA

Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Coplans, John. Sculpture in California, Artforum, August 1963, p. 5.

Coplans, John. Circle of Styles on the West Coast, Art in America, June 1964, p. 30.

Three San Francisco Sculptors, Artforum, September 1964, pp. 36, 38-39.

Kozloff, Max. The Further Adventures of American Sculpture, Arts Magazine, February 1965, p. 31.

Danieli, Fidel. Robert Hudson: Space and Camouflage, Artforum, November 1967, pp. 32-35.

Friedman, Martin. 14 Sculptors: The Industrial Edge, Art International, February 1970, pp. 38, 40, 50.

Richardson, Brenda. Bay Area Survey; The Myth of Neo-Dada, Arts Magazine, Summer 1970, p. 48.

Fitzgibbon, John. Sacramento, Art in America, November 1971, pp. 79-81.

Muldavin, Albie, and Chandler, John Noel. Correspondences, Artscanada, June-July 1971, pp. 44-45,47-48, 52, 54-55, 60-61, 61.

Tarshis, Jerome. Letter from San Francisco, Studio International, November 1973, p. 193.

Chapman, Hilary. The Condition of Sculpture 1975, Arts Magazine, November 1975, p. 69.

Butterfield, Jan. Robert Hudson, Robert Hudson. New York: Allan Frumkin Gallery, 1976, n.p. (exhibition catalog).

Kuspit, Donald B. Regionalism Reconsidered, Art in America, July-August 1976, p. 67

Schjeldahl, Peter. East and West and Robert Hudson: Robert Hudson. Philadelphia: Moore College of Art Gallery, 1978, pp. 7-10 (exhibition catalog).

Rubin, David S. Robert Hudson: New Polychrome Sculpture, New York: Allan Frumkin Gallery, 1984, n.p. (exhibition catalog).

Beal, Graham W.J. Welded Irony: The Sculpture of Robert Hudson, Robert Hudson: A Survey. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1984, (exhibition catalog).

Butterfield, Jan. Perceptual Alchemy: The Paintings of Robert Hudson,

Schwager, Michael. Casting Illusions: The Ceramics of Robert Hudson,

Shere, Charles. Why Bronze? Robert Hudson: Unique Polychrome Bronzes. New York: Alan Frumkin Gallery, 1986, n.p. (exhibition catalog).

'It's strange to talk about art... ' A conversation between Robert Hudson and William Wiley, Artweek, February 7, 1991, pp. 28, 24, 25.

Schwager, Michael. Robert Hudson: Speaking Softly and Casting Big Sticks, Sonoma County Museum, 2005 (exhibition catalog).

Cassidy, Victor. “Robert Hudson Sculpture Builder”, Sculpture Magazine, December 2014, pgs. 52-55

Chun, Kimberly. “Beauty found in curious objects”, San Francisco Chronicle | SFGATE.com.

Schjeldahl, Peter. “Go Figure: A Chelsea gallery surveys the weird in the wilds beyond New York”, The New Yorker, August 3, 2015.

Roth, David M. “Robert Hudson @ Brian Gross”, Squarecylinder.com, December 6, 2015.

Selz, Peter. ‘Robert Hudson: “Recent Sculpture and Drawings” at Brian Gross Fine Art”, art ltd Magazine, January-February 2016, pg 26.

Couzens, Julia. “Robert Hudson + Ed Moses @ Brian Gross”, Squarecylinder.com, October 3, 2018.

Robert Hudson, Jar with Wheel, 2002 glazed porcelain, rubber, steel, string, and glass, 21 x 19 x 17 inches

Robert Hudson
Jar with Wheel, 2002
glazed porcelain, rubber, steel, string, and glass
21 x 19 x 17 inches

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Robert Hudson, Bottle with Chain, 2002,  glazed porcelain with steel chain,  23 x 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson
Bottle with Chain, 2002
glazed porcelain with steel chain
23 x 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.

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Robert Hudson  Untitled (bottle with stick and wheel), 2000  glazed porcelain, wood, cork, rubber, plastic, steel, magnets, and found objects  30 1/2 x 20 x 13 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (bottle with stick and wheel), 2000
glazed porcelain, wood, cork, rubber, plastic, steel, magnets, and found objects
30 1/2 x 20 x 13 in.

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Robert Hudson  Pot with Ball, 2000  glazed porcelain with string  10 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 10 in.

Robert Hudson
Pot with Ball, 2000
glazed porcelain with string
10 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 10 in.

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Robert Hudson, Bottle with Weed, 2000, glazed porcelain, 21 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Bottle with Weed, 2000
glazed porcelain
21 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
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Robert Hudson,  Full Moon Bottle, 1997,  glazed porcelain,  17 x 10 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.

Robert Hudson
Full Moon Bottle, 1997
glazed porcelain
17 x 10 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.

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Robert Hudson,  Bottle, 1997,  glazed porcelain,  17 x 7 x 5 in.

Robert Hudson
Bottle, 1997
glazed porcelain
17 x 7 x 5 in.

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Robert Hudson Untitled (with spots), 1997 glazed porcelain 18 3/4 x 10 x 7 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (with spots), 1997
glazed porcelain
18 3/4 x 10 x 7 1/4 in.

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Robert Hudson Stage Cup Saucer, 1997 glazed porcelain with wood and cork 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson
Stage Cup Saucer, 1997
glazed porcelain with wood and cork
13 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.

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Robert Hudson  Untitled (teapot with cup), n.d.  glazed porcelain with found teacup  12 1/4 x 13 1/2 x 6 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (teapot with cup), n.d.
glazed porcelain with found teacup
12 1/4 x 13 1/2 x 6 in.

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Robert Hudson Skull Bottle, 1997 glazed porcelain and cork 7 3/4 x 8 x 5 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson
Skull Bottle, 1997
glazed porcelain and cork
7 3/4 x 8 x 5 1/4 in.

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Robert Hudson, Bottle (with goose), c. 1973 glazed porcelain,16 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.

Robert Hudson
Bottle (with goose), c. 1973
glazed porcelain
16 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.

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Robert Hudson Untitled (teapot with spiral), 1972 glazed porcelain 6 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (teapot with spiral), 1972
glazed porcelain
6 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.

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Robert Hudson Untitled (with shell), 1974 glazed porcelain 5 3/8 x 5 x 4 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (with shell), 1974
glazed porcelain
5 3/8 x 5 x 4 1/2 in.

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Robert Hudson Untitled (San Francisco), 2021 acrylic, colored pencil, and collage on paper  30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (San Francisco), 2021
acrylic, colored pencil, and collage on paper
30 x 22 1/2 in.

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Robert Hudson Untitled (Hawk Owl), 2021 acrylic, pastel and collage on paper  30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (Hawk Owl), 2021
acrylic, pastel and collage on paper
30 x 22 1/2 in.

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Robert Hudson  Untitled (Pier 7 Photo), 2021  mixed media and collage on paper  22 3/4 x 30 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (Pier 7 Photo), 2021
mixed media and collage on paper
22 3/4 x 30 in.
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Robert Hudson Untitled ("Steals Baby, Best Dressed..."), 2020 mixed media and collage on paper 30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled ("Steals Baby, Best Dressed..."), 2020
mixed media and collage on paper
30 x 22 1/2 in.

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Robert Hudson Untitled, 2006 ink, acrylic, and collage on paper ​​​​​​​30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled, 2006
ink, acrylic, and collage on paper
30 x 22 1/2 in.

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Robert Hudson Untitled, 1980/2018 acrylic, pastel, ink, and collage on paper  30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled, 1980/2018
acrylic, pastel, ink, and collage on paper
30 x 22 1/2 in.

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Robert Hudson  Untitled, 1989  acrylic and enamel on paper  30 x 22 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled, 1989
acrylic and enamel on paper
30 x 22 in.

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Robert Hudson  Untitled, 1975  acrylic, charcoal, and graphite on paper  30 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches

Robert Hudson
Untitled, 1975
acrylic, charcoal, and graphite on paper
30 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches
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Robert Hudson, Jar with Wheel, 2002 glazed porcelain, rubber, steel, string, and glass, 21 x 19 x 17 inches

Robert Hudson
Jar with Wheel, 2002
glazed porcelain, rubber, steel, string, and glass
21 x 19 x 17 inches

Robert Hudson, Bottle with Chain, 2002,  glazed porcelain with steel chain,  23 x 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson
Bottle with Chain, 2002
glazed porcelain with steel chain
23 x 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson  Untitled (bottle with stick and wheel), 2000  glazed porcelain, wood, cork, rubber, plastic, steel, magnets, and found objects  30 1/2 x 20 x 13 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (bottle with stick and wheel), 2000
glazed porcelain, wood, cork, rubber, plastic, steel, magnets, and found objects
30 1/2 x 20 x 13 in.

Robert Hudson  Pot with Ball, 2000  glazed porcelain with string  10 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 10 in.

Robert Hudson
Pot with Ball, 2000
glazed porcelain with string
10 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 10 in.

Robert Hudson, Bottle with Weed, 2000, glazed porcelain, 21 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Bottle with Weed, 2000
glazed porcelain
21 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
SOLD

Robert Hudson,  Full Moon Bottle, 1997,  glazed porcelain,  17 x 10 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.

Robert Hudson
Full Moon Bottle, 1997
glazed porcelain
17 x 10 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.

Robert Hudson,  Bottle, 1997,  glazed porcelain,  17 x 7 x 5 in.

Robert Hudson
Bottle, 1997
glazed porcelain
17 x 7 x 5 in.

Robert Hudson Untitled (with spots), 1997 glazed porcelain 18 3/4 x 10 x 7 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (with spots), 1997
glazed porcelain
18 3/4 x 10 x 7 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson Stage Cup Saucer, 1997 glazed porcelain with wood and cork 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson
Stage Cup Saucer, 1997
glazed porcelain with wood and cork
13 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson  Untitled (teapot with cup), n.d.  glazed porcelain with found teacup  12 1/4 x 13 1/2 x 6 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (teapot with cup), n.d.
glazed porcelain with found teacup
12 1/4 x 13 1/2 x 6 in.

Robert Hudson Skull Bottle, 1997 glazed porcelain and cork 7 3/4 x 8 x 5 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson
Skull Bottle, 1997
glazed porcelain and cork
7 3/4 x 8 x 5 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson, Bottle (with goose), c. 1973 glazed porcelain,16 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.

Robert Hudson
Bottle (with goose), c. 1973
glazed porcelain
16 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.

Robert Hudson Untitled (teapot with spiral), 1972 glazed porcelain 6 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (teapot with spiral), 1972
glazed porcelain
6 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.

Robert Hudson Untitled (with shell), 1974 glazed porcelain 5 3/8 x 5 x 4 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (with shell), 1974
glazed porcelain
5 3/8 x 5 x 4 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson Untitled (San Francisco), 2021 acrylic, colored pencil, and collage on paper  30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (San Francisco), 2021
acrylic, colored pencil, and collage on paper
30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson Untitled (Hawk Owl), 2021 acrylic, pastel and collage on paper  30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (Hawk Owl), 2021
acrylic, pastel and collage on paper
30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson  Untitled (Pier 7 Photo), 2021  mixed media and collage on paper  22 3/4 x 30 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled (Pier 7 Photo), 2021
mixed media and collage on paper
22 3/4 x 30 in.
SOLD

Robert Hudson Untitled ("Steals Baby, Best Dressed..."), 2020 mixed media and collage on paper 30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled ("Steals Baby, Best Dressed..."), 2020
mixed media and collage on paper
30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson Untitled, 2006 ink, acrylic, and collage on paper ​​​​​​​30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled, 2006
ink, acrylic, and collage on paper
30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson Untitled, 1980/2018 acrylic, pastel, ink, and collage on paper  30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled, 1980/2018
acrylic, pastel, ink, and collage on paper
30 x 22 1/2 in.

Robert Hudson  Untitled, 1989  acrylic and enamel on paper  30 x 22 in.

Robert Hudson
Untitled, 1989
acrylic and enamel on paper
30 x 22 in.

Robert Hudson  Untitled, 1975  acrylic, charcoal, and graphite on paper  30 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches

Robert Hudson
Untitled, 1975
acrylic, charcoal, and graphite on paper
30 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches
SOLD