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Hugo Robus
The Winch, c. 1915-1917Oil on canvas28 x 34 inches
71.1 x 86.4 cmIn 1912, the young artist Hugo Robus attended the exhibition of the Italian Futurists at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in Paris. The brash group of Futurist painters drafted a manifesto in...In 1912, the young artist Hugo Robus attended the exhibition of the Italian Futurists at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in Paris. The brash group of Futurist painters drafted a manifesto in 1909 decrying history and announcing a rebellious path forward, unifying musical, technological, and other influences in brilliantly hued images and ideas regarding the future. The early exhibitions of the Futurists served as a clarion call to a new generation of artists determined to break new ground and embrace the mechanical future of their generation.
The Winch is one of Robus’ most significant paintings, from a series of perhaps a dozen canvases created between 1915 and 1917 when Robus returned from Europe and settled in New York. Other examples from the series are in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Wichita Art Museum, and the Phoenix Art Museum.
In 1920, while in his mid-30s, Robus dedicated the remainder of his career to sculpture, mostly in an Art Deco style, abandoning a promising painting career yet retaining many of the influences of early Futurist works.Provenance
The artist; to
Estate of the artist;
[Forum Gallery, New York];
Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Lobell, New York; to
[Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York]; to
Private collection, Dallas, 1985 until the present
Exhibitions
National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Hugo Robus (1885-1964), November 30, 1979-March 2, 1980
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