Edward John Hughes (AKA: E.J.Hughes) was a painter, printmaker, muralist and commercial artist who was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As an infant he moved with his family to... Read full biography
Edward John Hughes (AKA: E.J.Hughes) was a painter, printmaker, muralist and commercial artist who was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As an infant he moved with his family to Naniamo (1914 - 1923), then North Vancouver and Vancouver (1923 - 39). After World War II he lived in... Read full biography
Edward John Hughes (AKA: E.J.Hughes) was a painter, printmaker, muralist and commercial artist who was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As an infant he moved with his family to Naniamo (1914 - 1923), then North Vancouver and Vancouver (1923 - 39). After World War II he lived in Victoria, B.C. (1946 - 51), Shawnigan Lake (1951-72), Cobble Hill (1972-75), Duncan (1975), Ladysmith (1975 - 77) and finally Duncan again, (1) where he lived for the rest of his life and died. His... Read full biography
Edward John Hughes (AKA: E.J.Hughes) was a painter, printmaker, muralist and commercial artist who was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As an infant he moved with his family to Naniamo (1914 - 1923), then North Vancouver and Vancouver (1923 - 39). After World War II he lived in Victoria, B.C. (1946 - 51), Shawnigan Lake (1951-72), Cobble Hill (1972-75), Duncan (1975), Ladysmith (1975 - 77) and finally Duncan again, (1) where he lived for the rest of his life and died. His mediums are oil, acrylic, watercolour (2), linocut, graphite, dry point and tempera. His subjects are landscape, harbours, coastal scenes, genre, city scenes and military (during the war). Almost all depict human activity such as logging, farming,... Read full biography
Edward John Hughes (AKA: E.J.Hughes) was a painter, printmaker, muralist and commercial artist who was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As an infant he moved with his family to Naniamo (1914 - 1923), then North Vancouver and Vancouver (1923 - 39). After World War II he lived in Victoria, B.C. (1946 - 51), Shawnigan Lake (1951-72), Cobble Hill (1972-75), Duncan (1975), Ladysmith (1975 - 77) and finally Duncan again, (1) where he lived for the rest of his life and died. His mediums are oil, acrylic, watercolour (2), linocut, graphite, dry point and tempera. His subjects are landscape, harbours, coastal scenes, genre, city scenes and military (during the war). Almost all depict human activity such as logging, farming, fishing; and most are of places in British Columbia. His style has been described as High Realism (3).... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (64)
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Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection (Vancouver Art Gallery)
2012
Thom, Ian M.
160 pages (color)
Convergence/Divergence: Landscape and Identity on the West Coast (Exhibition catalog)
2011
Riedel, Caroline
28 pages (color)
Visions into Reality: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Early Years, 1951-1973 (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria)
2009
Hughes, Mary Jo; Michael Morris and Barry Till
128 pages (color)
Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes)
2006
Benezit, E
0 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
A Journey with E.J. Hughes
2005
Barbeau, Jacques
0 pages (color)
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
A Modern Life - Art and Design in British Columbia, 1945-1960 (Vancouver Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Thom, Ian and Alan Elder, editors
176 pages (color)
Who's Who in American, Art 2001-2002 24th Edition
2002
Bunton, Donald
1,490 pages
Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000
2002
Newlands, Anne
355 pages (color)
E.J. Hughes
2002
Thom, Ian
0 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Encyclopedia of British Columbia
2000
Francis, Daniel (Editor)
806 pages
Canvas of War: Painting the Canadian Experience, 1914 to 1945 (Canadian Museum of Civilization) (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Oliver, Dean Frederick and Laura Brandon
178 pages (color)
Art BC: Masterworks from British Columbia
2000
Thom, Ian
232 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century
1999
Murray, Joan
272 pages (color)
Home Base: Notes to an Installation (Kamloops Art Gallery)
1998
Hunter, Andrew
36 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists in Canada
1997
Lang, Robert (editor)
627 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Canadian Who's Who 1996 Volume XXXI
1996
Lumley, Elizabeth (editor)
1,338 pages
64-94: Contemporary Decades (Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design)
1994
Carter, Sam et al
160 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Reflecting Paradise: Expo '93' (University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
1993
Spaulding, Jeffrey and Stephen B. Smart
68 pages (color)
Painting in the North Alaskan Art in the Anchorage Museum
1993
Woodward, Kesler E
160 pages (color)
Robert Ayre: The Critic and the Collection
1992
Paikowsky, Sandra and Lois Valliant
59 pages (color)
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Urban Images, Canadian Painting (Agnes Etherington Art Centre) (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Farr, Dorothy
124 pages
Industrial Images (Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Donegan, Rosemary
143 pages
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Murals from a Great Canadian Train
1986
Thom, Ian
191 pages (color)
The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes)
1985
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,089 pages (color)
National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985
Smithsonian Institution
461 pages
Visions-Contemporary Art in Canada
1983
Bringhurst, Robert (Editor)
239 pages (color)
Contemporary Canadian Art
1983
Burnett, David; Marilyn Schiff
300 pages (color)
Vancouver: Art and Artists, 1931-1983 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Rombout, Luke
440 pages (color)
Printmaking in British Columbia, 1889-1983 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1983
Tuele, Nicholas, Leslie Dawn and Greg Bellerby
64 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, Fifteenth Edition, 1982
1982
R.R. Bowker Co. (Editors)
1,204 pages
Canadian Artists of the Second World War (Robert McLaughlin Gallery)
1981
Murray, Joan
124 pages
Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980
1980
Sisler, Rebecca
296 pages (color)
Coasts, the Sea and Canadian Art
1978
Varley, Christopher and Jeffrey Spaulding
96 pages
A Terrible Beauty: The Art of Canada at War (Sponsored by Robert McLaughlin Gallery and Canadian War Museum)
1977
Robertson, Heather
240 pages (color)
From Desolation to Splendour Changing Perceptions-The British Columbia Landscape
1977
Tippett, Maria/Douglas Cole
159 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Through Canadian Eyes: Trends and Influences in Canadian Art, 1815-1965 (Glenbow Museum)
1976
Williamson, Moncrieff
88 pages (color)
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
High Realism in Canada
1974
Duval, Paul
175 pages (color)
The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A Peoples' Art
1974
Lord, Barry
253 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their Contemporaries, 1930-1970
1972
Duval, Paul
192 pages (color)
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
The Development of Canadian Art (The National Gallery of Canada)
1964
Hubbard, R.H.
137 pages (color)
The Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art, 1961 (National Gallery of Canada)
1961
James, Philip et al
28 pages
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
463 pages
100 Years of B.C. Art
1958
Hume, R.M.
130 pages
Canadian Drawing and Prints
1952
Duval, Paul
100 pages
Canadian Art
1950
McInnes, Graham Campbell
140 pages (color)
Exhibition of Canadian War Art (Exhibition at National Gallery and Art Gallery of Toronto) (Exhibition catalog)
1945
McCurry, H.O. and National Gallery of Canada
22 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index