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E.J.
Hughes Biography:
Born
in Bragg Creek 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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