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1918 Basel, Switzerland - 1971 New York City. Known for: Abstract figure-images, sculptor.
Hugo Weber (1918-1971), painter and sculptor, was born May 4, 1918, of Swiss parents in Basel, Switzerland. He apprenticed to the sculptor Ernst Suter beginning in 1937 while attending the University... Read full biography
Hugo Weber (1918-1971), painter and sculptor, was born May 4, 1918, of Swiss parents in Basel, Switzerland. He apprenticed to the sculptor Ernst Suter beginning in 1937 while attending the University of Basel. In 1939, Weber went to Paris where he studied painting with Marcel Gimond, and after his... Read full biography
Hugo Weber (1918-1971), painter and sculptor, was born May 4, 1918, of Swiss parents in Basel, Switzerland. He apprenticed to the sculptor Ernst Suter beginning in 1937 while attending the University of Basel. In 1939, Weber went to Paris where he studied painting with Marcel Gimond, and after his service in the Swiss Army (1939-1942), he worked with Aristide Maillol and Alberto Giacometti. Weber immigrated to the US in the 1940s, and in 1946, Moholy-Nagy appointed him professor at the... Read full biography
Hugo Weber (1918-1971), painter and sculptor, was born May 4, 1918, of Swiss parents in Basel, Switzerland. He apprenticed to the sculptor Ernst Suter beginning in 1937 while attending the University of Basel. In 1939, Weber went to Paris where he studied painting with Marcel Gimond, and after his service in the Swiss Army (1939-1942), he worked with Aristide Maillol and Alberto Giacometti. Weber immigrated to the US in the 1940s, and in 1946, Moholy-Nagy appointed him professor at the Institute of Design in Chicago (Chicago Bauhaus). He later became professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology and he also taught at the Pennsylvania State University and at the New York University. Weber held a membership in the Abstract and Concrete... Read full biography
Hugo Weber (1918-1971), painter and sculptor, was born May 4, 1918, of Swiss parents in Basel, Switzerland. He apprenticed to the sculptor Ernst Suter beginning in 1937 while attending the University of Basel. In 1939, Weber went to Paris where he studied painting with Marcel Gimond, and after his service in the Swiss Army (1939-1942), he worked with Aristide Maillol and Alberto Giacometti. Weber immigrated to the US in the 1940s, and in 1946, Moholy-Nagy appointed him professor at the Institute of Design in Chicago (Chicago Bauhaus). He later became professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology and he also taught at the Pennsylvania State University and at the New York University. Weber held a membership in the Abstract and Concrete Artists Alliance between 1947 and 1953. The Betty Parsons Gallery in New York represented Weber and solo exhibitions of his pa... Read full biography
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Keywords (33)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Chalk
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Video Art, Documentary Photo, Cinema, Filmmaking
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
Art Association
- •Abstract and Concrete Artists Alliance
- •Chicago Society of Artists
Art Teacher
- •Alberto Giacometti
- •Aristide Maillol
- •Marcel Gimond
Art School
- •Illinois Institute of Design and Technology, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •First National Bank of Chicago Collection
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Betty Parsons Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Chicago Society of Artists-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts