| Herman Hugg | |
| Birth Date: | January 19, 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Strawberry, Arkansas |
| Death Place: | Houston, Texas |
| Nationality: | American |
| Field: | Painting, Sculpture |
| Training: | West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas, and Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas |
| Movement: | Surrealism |
| Spouse: | Minnie Beth Hugg |
Herman Elzo Hugg (January 19, 1921October 2, 2013) was an American artist, educator, and philosopher.
Hugg was primarily a painter, whose works often included surrealist, expressionist, and spiritual elements.[1] He also created sculptures in stone and wood, and large-scale works of enamel on recycled metal.
He was a longtime-resident of Beaumont, Texas, where he was a teacher at South Park High School and a member of the Beaumont Art League.[2]
Hugg was born in Strawberry, Arkansas, to Edgar and Telia Massey Hugg.[2] The family moved to the Texas Panhandle when Herman was six years old.[3] He earned an undergraduate degree from West Texas State University and a master's from Stephen F. Austin State University.[2]
Hugg served in the United States Navy Seabees 47th Battalion corps of engineers during World War II in the Solomon Islands.[2]
The Beaumont Art League hosted a retrospective of Hugg's work in 2009.[4] 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.[1] [5]