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November 30, 1979

The exhibition “Hugo Robus (1885-1964) opens at the National Collection of Fine Arts, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum.National Museum of American Art, “Hugo Robus (1885- 1964),’ opens. Born in Ohio, Robus later studied in New York City and Paris. Primarily a Cubist painter until 1920, he became a sculptor whose lyrical, expressive style reflected his interest in “pure form,” especially in the human body.The exhibition includes a group of oil paintings never before shown.

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Posted: 30 November 2010
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.