Hugo Robus

The curved contours and engorged forms of Hugo Robus’s figurative sculpture display the influences of Futurism and Cubism, movements that the artist first encountered on a trip to Paris in 1912. In his clay, plaster, silver, and bronze sculptures, as well as his oil paintings, Robus has concentrated on expressing a fluidity of movement through rhythmic abstracted forms, marrying form with material. In his best-known work Girl Washing her Hair (1933), the barely discernible arched form of a woman is reflected in its polished base, creating a complete circle.