Robert Hodgell

BORN: 1922, Makato, KS

DIED: 2000, Bradenton, FL

Robert Overman Hodgell was born in Makato, Kansas in 1922.

Greatly influenced by Kansas artist and Regionalist, John Steuart Curry, he attended the University of Wisconsin - Madison where Curry was hired to develop the nation's first Artist in Residence program, and promote the rural arts activities in Wisconsin.

He later received his B.S. and M.S. degrees during the early 1940s from UW. While there, he also studied printmaking under Alfred Sessler - and became quite an accomplished print maker. In 1946, Hodgell became a mural assistant to Curry, including assisting him on his last mural, “Youth Helps Build a Better World”. Upon Curry's death, Hodgell actually finished executing a series of murals for Wisconsin's State Fair.

From 1957 to 1959, he taught at the University of Wisconsin – Madison

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Robert Hodgell
5 Mile Hill by Robert Hodgell
5 Mile Hill
24 x 18 in.
 
Fat Cat - I am a Patriot by Robert Hodgell
Fat Cat - I am a Patriot
20 x 18 in.
 
Grainery by Robert Hodgell
Grainery
 
 
House on Garfield Topeka by Robert Hodgell
House on Garfield Topeka
28 x 22 in.
 
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by Robert Hodgell
I Heard the Bells on Christmas...
21.5 x 19.25 in.
 
Kansas Fall Landscape by Robert Hodgell
Kansas Fall Landscape
30 x 24 in.
 
Kansas Summer Landscape by Robert Hodgell
Kansas Summer Landscape
30 x 24 in.
 
School Play by Robert Hodgell
School Play
24 x 30 in.
 
Self Portrait at 15 by Robert Hodgell
Self Portrait at 15
16 x 20 in.
 
Travel by Bus by Robert Hodgell
Travel by Bus
48 x 36 in.
 
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