Amon Carter Museum of American Art
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Museums page for Hugo Weber ((1918 - 1971)), known for Abstract figure-images, sculptor. Showing 2 museum collections and exhibitions.
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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
Hugo Weber - Artist Info
About Hugo Weber: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (2)
All MuseumsNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001