Hugo Robus

Hugo Robus (1885 – January 14, 1964) was an American sculptor.

He co-founded an art colony in New City, New York.

[1] He attended the Cleveland School of Art in his hometown, the National Academy of Design in New York City, and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.

[2] He established an art colony in New City, New York with Henry Varnum Poor and Martha Kantor in 1918.

[3] His sculptures were exhibited at the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York City and Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[2] They later became part of the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[2] the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City,[3][4][5] as well as the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.[1] Robus resided at 567 South Mountain Road in New City, New York.

Chippewa Legend (1939), relief sculpture by Robus at the post office in Munising, Michigan