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Throughout his career, Robert Hughes has established relationships with clients who trust his artistic instincts, economic savvy, and ability to build relationships with worldwide sources to procure the finest goods at the best possible wholesale prices. Fusing his artistic vision and innate sensibility, he has spent a lifetime painting, teaching, exploring, collecting and carving out a business niche that brings together artisans, manufacturers and suppliers with buyers and connoisseurs of diverse goods.
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ROBERT WINTER HUGHES
PRESIDENT, NOMAD'S
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Robert's colorful career and travels have taken him through myriad teaching experiences that include stints in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Rome, Italy; Bennington College, Vermont; The Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Rice University, Houston. His paintings have been exhibited at Harris Gallery, Houston; Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, and Sherry French Gallery, New York. His works are found in numerous private and corporate collections, periodicals, and in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the University of Houston.
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In 1997, Robert opened a retail store, Nomad's
Trading Co., and soon after a wholesale business, Nomad's Import Co.
An inveterate world traveler, he selects merchandise for the retail
and interior design trade. In 2004, he expanded his business to
include a personalized sourcing service, Nomad's Quest, for
collectors in search of one-of-a-kind treasures; retailers
requesting multiple contemporary products, and manufacturers needing
practical commodities from industrial sources around the
world.
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