Education
Robert Hunt received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art History from the University of California and an Master of Fine Arts degree in Illustration from the Academy of Art in San Francisco.
Robert Hunt received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art History from the University of California and an Master of Fine Arts degree in Illustration from the Academy of Art in San Francisco.
As described by Walt Reed in the 2003 edition of The Illustrator in America, "His work reflects this classical training, but with a contemporary take."
Publishing clients include Bantam Books, Dell Publishing, Dial Books, Doubleday, Harper Collins, Penguin Putnam, Pleasant Company, Random House, Reader"s Digest, Simon and Schuster, Thomas Nelson, the Wall Street Journal, and many others His work has appeared on the covers of books by many leading authors including John le Carré, Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen King and South.E. Hinton. He has created illustrations for a wide variety of projects including the DreamWorks logo and motion logos, annual reports for Williams Sonoma and British Petroleum, and documented the reconstruction of the San Francisco Bay Bridge following the Loma Prieta earthquake, and traveled as an artist with the Tour de France.
Other corporate clients include The American Red Cross, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Bank of America, Columbia Broadcasting System Records, Chevron, Disney, Federal Express, Fetzer Vineyards, Levi Strauss, Lucasfilm, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount, Pendelton Woolen Mills, and Universal Studios.
A large exhibition of his work was held in 1996 at the Museum of American Illustration in New New York
Robert Hunt is a member of the New York Society of Illustrators and is a member and past president of the San Francisco Society of Illustrators.