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1907 New York City - 1990. Known for: Magazine illustration, cover art.
George Hughes. 1907-1990. George Hughes was born in 1907 in New York City. Like many other Saturday Evening Post artists, he bypassed a formal college education and studied art and mechanical drawing... Read full biography
George Hughes. 1907-1990. George Hughes was born in 1907 in New York City. Like many other Saturday Evening Post artists, he bypassed a formal college education and studied art and mechanical drawing for three years in New York's Art Students League* and the National Academy of Design*. Once out of... Read full biography
George Hughes. 1907-1990. George Hughes was born in 1907 in New York City. Like many other Saturday Evening Post artists, he bypassed a formal college education and studied art and mechanical drawing for three years in New York's Art Students League* and the National Academy of Design*. Once out of school, he worked as a freelance fashion illustrator. His work often appeared in such bastions of high style as Vanity Fair and House and Garden magazine. In 1936, Hughes was offered a position in... Read full biography
George Hughes. 1907-1990. George Hughes was born in 1907 in New York City. Like many other Saturday Evening Post artists, he bypassed a formal college education and studied art and mechanical drawing for three years in New York's Art Students League* and the National Academy of Design*. Once out of school, he worked as a freelance fashion illustrator. His work often appeared in such bastions of high style as Vanity Fair and House and Garden magazine. In 1936, Hughes was offered a position in Detroit, Michigan as a Mechanical Designer for an automobile manufacturer. Unhappy with his life there and longing for a chance to illustrate for a major magazine in the East, he packed his belongings and returned home to New York. Hughes married, but... Read full biography
George Hughes. 1907-1990. George Hughes was born in 1907 in New York City. Like many other Saturday Evening Post artists, he bypassed a formal college education and studied art and mechanical drawing for three years in New York's Art Students League* and the National Academy of Design*. Once out of school, he worked as a freelance fashion illustrator. His work often appeared in such bastions of high style as Vanity Fair and House and Garden magazine. In 1936, Hughes was offered a position in Detroit, Michigan as a Mechanical Designer for an automobile manufacturer. Unhappy with his life there and longing for a chance to illustrate for a major magazine in the East, he packed his belongings and returned home to New York. Hughes married, but unfortunately the marriage was short lived. In New York, his career as a commercial artist would begin to ta... Read full biography
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Keywords (29)
Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Industrial Design
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators-
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Richard Weisman Collection
Added Description
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Genre Specialty
- •Illustration Specialty
- •MCCALL'S magazine illustrator, photographer
- •SATURDAY EVENING POST Illustrator and/or Photographer
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts