Robert Hughes was born on 28 July 1938 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a writer, known for
Crumb (1994),
The Shock of the New (1980) and
The Art Game (1966). He was married to Doris Downes, Victoria Whistler and Danne Patricia Emerson. He died on 6 August 2012 in The Bronx, New York, USA.