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E.J.
Hughes Biography:
Born
in North Vancouver in 1913, Edward John Hughes studied under
Charles H. Scott, Jock Macdonald and Frederick Varley at
the Vancouver School of Applied Art and Design. After graduating
in 1933, and following two years of post-graduate studies,
Hughes undertook print and mural projects with fellow art
students. In 1939, Hughes joined the military and spent
six years expanding his artistic skills as an official war
artist. After his discharge from the military in 1946 he
returned to the west coast of Canada, settled in Shawnigan
Lake on Vancouver Island with his wife Fern and began a
lifelong study of the province and its landscape as a professional
artist.
Always
a quiet achiever, Hughes was the inaugural recipient of
an Emily Carr Scholarship on the recommendation of Group
of Seven member Lawren Harris. By 1951, Hughes was represented
in public collections in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver -
an achievement unmatched by his contemporaries at the time.
For more than thirty-five years he was represented by Max
Stern of the Dominion Gallery in Montreal. In 2001, E.J.
Hughes received the Order of Canada. His achievements and
rare success are due to his singular approach to representing
Canada with passion and originality.
E.J.
Hughes passed away in a Duncan hospital on Vancouver Island
on January 5, 2007 from a cardiac arrest. He
will be missed by all and always remembered as a great Canadian
whose impact on Canadian Art and Culture will endure.
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