Herman Hugg | |
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Born | |
Died | October 2, 2013 | (aged 92)
Nationality | American |
Education | West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas, and Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas |
Known for | Painting, Sculpture |
Movement | Surrealism |
Spouse | Minnie 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]
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]
Hugg served in the United States Navy Seabees 47th Battalion corps of engineers during World War II in the Solomon Islands.[1]
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]