Background
Cumming, Robert Hugh was born on October 7, 1943 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert H. and Evelyn (Schold) Cumming.
Cumming, Robert Hugh was born on October 7, 1943 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert H. and Evelyn (Schold) Cumming.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College Art, 1965; Master of Fine Arts, University of Illinois, 1967.
Lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles Extension, 1974-1977;
lecturer, Otis The Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles, 1975-1976;
lecturer, California Institute Arts, Valencia, 1976-1977;
assistant professor, University of California-Irvine, 1977-1978;
associate professor, U. Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1978-1986. Juror, consultant United States Eye Exhibit Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, New York, 1979. Visiting artist Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979, traveling retrospective through Australian Gallery Dirs.
Council, Sydney, Australia, 1979.
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Exhibited retrospective show, Friends of Photography, Carmel, California, 1979, Travelling retrospective show, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Burney, Australia, 1979, one man shows, Castelli Gallery, New York City, 1982, 85, 86, 88, 91, Werkstatt fur Photographie, Berlin, 1982, Whitney Museum American Art, 1986, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, 1988. Retrospective exhibitions include San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Contemporary Arts Museum, 1993-1994.