Herman Hugg

Herman Hugg
Born(1921-01-19)January 19, 1921
Strawberry, Arkansas
DiedOctober 2, 2013(2013-10-02) (aged 92)
Houston, Texas
NationalityAmerican
EducationWest Texas State University, Canyon, Texas, and Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
Known forPainting, Sculpture
MovementSurrealism
SpouseMinnie Beth Hugg[1]

Herman Elzo Hugg (January 19, 1921 – October 2, 2013) was an American artist, educator, and philosopher.

Hugg was primarily a painter, whose works often included surrealist, expressionist, and spiritual elements.[2] He also created sculptures in stone and wood, and large-scale works of enamel on recycled metal.[3]

He was a longtime-resident of Beaumont, Texas, where he was a teacher at South Park High School[4] and a member of the Beaumont Art League.[1]

Biography

Early life and education

Hugg was born in Strawberry, Arkansas, to Edgar and Telia Massey Hugg.[1] The family moved to the Texas Panhandle when Herman was six years old.[5] He earned an undergraduate degree from West Texas State University and a master's from Stephen F. Austin State University.[1]

World War II

Hugg served in the United States Navy Seabees 47th Battalion corps of engineers during World War II in the Solomon Islands.[1]

Beaumont

Philosophy

Exhibitions

The Beaumont Art League hosted a retrospective of Hugg's work in 2009.[6] Six of his pieces were included in the Art Museum of Southeast Texas's show Southeast Texas Art: Cross-Currents and Influences 1925-1965 from January 22 to April 3, 2011.[2][4]

Selected works

  • Foxhole (1947),[2]
  • Dear John (1945),[3]
  • Forsaken Garden (1947)[2][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Herman E. Hugg". Beaumont Enterprise. October 4, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Southeast Texas Art: Cross-Currents and Influences 1925–1965" (PDF) (catalog). Art Museum of Southeast Texas. 2011. pp. 51–54, 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-04. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  3. ^ a b "Herman Hugg". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  4. ^ a b "Herman Hugg, Art Teacher - South Park High School". Southparkgreenies.com. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  5. ^ "Arts life well lived and still going strong" (PDF). artstudio.org. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  6. ^ "Beaumont Art League to host Herman Hugg - Retrospective". Guidrynews.com. 2009-05-09. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  7. ^ "Picasa Web Albums - Herman - Original Pain". 2008-10-26. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-04.