Budd Hopkins

© Estate of Budd Hopkins. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduct…
Budd Hopkins
© Estate of Budd Hopkins. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Budd Hopkins

American painter and sculptor, 1931–2011
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BiographyBudd Hopkins (1931–2011) was born Wheeling, West Virginia. He graduated in art history from Oberlin in 1953 and moved to New York. He became part of circle around Marc Rothko, Robert Motherwell, and Franz Kline. His work can be found in the collections of The Modern Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The British Museum, among others. Hopkins also gained fame as a compiler of alien abduction stories.
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