Background
Robert Huot was born in 1935 in the United States and spent the first twenty years of his life on Staten Island.
Robert Huot was born in 1935 in the United States and spent the first twenty years of his life on Staten Island.
Robert Huot graduated in chemistry at Wagner College on Staten Island.
After graduating from the College and working as a chemist, Robert Huot started his art career as a painter in abstract genre.
In the 1960’s Huot started making experimental short films. Among his films are Leader (1966, short), Scratch (1966-1967, short), Black and White Film (1968-1969, short), Nude Descending the Stairs (1970, short), Accentuate the Positive (1973, short), Beautiful Movie (1973-1974, short), Diary Film #4 (1973-1974), Fades and Close-ups (1978, short), Fire (1979, short), Erotic Trilogy (1979-1980, short), and Cum Foo (1980-1981, short), among others.
T’s China
And Tyler Too
3/4 Round Piece
Goost Halv
Diary Painting #28 - Clouds and 4 Circles (Detail)
Rocor
To W.L.H.
Two Blue Suits
Two+Two
Nylon One
Leeward Traffic
Architectural Details with Shadows
Diary Painting #48 - Return with Stars
Scott’s Scribble
3 inch high 33 foot long Epoxy Paint Band
Compression to one
Ins+Outs
Metro Bee
Silver Kiss
Quotations:
"As a human I am part of nature so what I make could be considered an extension of nature, but not an imitation of nature."
"My paintings are not pictures. They are paintings. They are artifacts; they are acrylic paint on cotton canvas."
Robert Huot admired R. Buckminster Fuller, an architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor. Huot read all his written work and attended his lectures and exhibits.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Huot married for the first time, became the father of his son, divorced and married for the second time. His second wife is an artist Carol Kinne.
