Hugo Noske, painter, enamellist, and printmaker, was born in Vienna, Austria on December 20, 1886 and died in 1960. He studied at the Vienna Academy as well as in Munich and he was a member of the Austrian Werkbund (Austrian Association of Craftsmen) in Vienna, and the Society of Graver-Printers in Colour, London.

Noske was married to the artist Sophie Noske-Sander and they both exhibited in the annual exhibition of the Society of Graver-Printers in Colour in 1927 and 1928. He also exhibited in the 102nd Exhibition of the Moravian Art Society Brno, held in the Czech Republic in 1911. His work was represented in the exhibition Modern Austrian Woodcuts and Color Prints held at the Brooklyn Museum in November 1931. This exhibition traveled to Brooklyn via Ottawa and Buffalo and continued on to Yale University.