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Edward John (EJ) Hughes

Edward John (E.J.) Hughes (1913 - 2007) was active/lived in British Columbia / Canada.  Edward Hughes is known for Painting, printmaking, murals, commercial art.

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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).  Hughes work is identified by  simplification, flattened planes, distortion, bright  colou   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10566 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  64
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64 Book References for Edward John (E.J.) Hughes
Year Author Title Pages Color
2012 Thom, Ian M. Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection (Vancouver Art Gallery) 160 Yes
2011 Riedel, Caroline Convergence/Divergence: Landscape and Identity on the West Coast
(Exhibition catalog)
28 Yes
2009 Hughes, Mary Jo; Michael Morris and Barry Till Visions into Reality: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Early Years, 1951-1973 (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria) 128 Yes
2007 Newlands, Anne Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings 366 Yes
2006 Benezit, E Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes) 0 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Barbeau, Jacques A Journey with E.J. Hughes 0 Yes
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2004 Thom, Ian and Alan Elder, editors A Modern Life - Art and Design in British Columbia, 1945-1960 (Vancouver Art Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)
176 Yes
2002 Bunton, Donald Who's Who in American, Art 2001-2002 24th Edition 1490 No
2002 Newlands, Anne Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000 355 Yes
2002 Thom, Ian E.J. Hughes 0 Yes
2001 Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction 622 No
2000 Francis, Daniel (Editor) Encyclopedia of British Columbia 806 No
2000 Oliver, Dean Frederick and Laura Brandon Canvas of War: Painting the Canadian Experience, 1914 to 1945 (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
(Exhibition catalog)
178 Yes
2000 Thom, Ian Art BC: Masterworks from British Columbia 232 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Murray, Joan Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century 272 Yes
1998 Hunter, Andrew Home Base: Notes to an Installation (Kamloops Art Gallery) 36 Yes
1997 Lang, Robert (editor) Contemporary Artists in Canada 627 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1996 Lumley, Elizabeth (editor) Canadian Who's Who 1996 Volume XXXI 1338 No
1994 Carter, Sam et al 64-94: Contemporary Decades (Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design) 160 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Spaulding, Jeffrey and Stephen B. Smart Reflecting Paradise: Expo '93' (University of Lethbridge Art Gallery 68 Yes
1993 Woodward, Kesler E Painting in the North Alaskan Art in the Anchorage Museum 160 Yes
1992 Paikowsky, Sandra and Lois Valliant Robert Ayre: The Critic and the Collection 59 Yes
1991 Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981 1557 Yes
1990 Farr, Dorothy Urban Images, Canadian Painting (Agnes Etherington Art Centre)
(Exhibition catalog)
124 No
1988 Donegan, Rosemary Industrial Images (Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario)
(Exhibition catalog)
143 No
1988 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal) 417 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Thom, Ian Murals from a Great Canadian Train 191 Yes
1985 Marsh, James H. (Editor) The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes) 2089 Yes
1985 Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist 461 No
1983 Bringhurst, Robert (Editor) Visions-Contemporary Art in Canada 239 Yes
1983 Burnett, David; Marilyn Schiff Contemporary Canadian Art 300 Yes
1983 Rombout, Luke Vancouver: Art and Artists, 1931-1983
(Exhibition catalog)
440 Yes
1983 Tuele, Nicholas, Leslie Dawn and Greg Bellerby Printmaking in British Columbia, 1889-1983 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 64 Yes
1982 R.R. Bowker Co. (Editors) Who's Who in American Art, Fifteenth Edition, 1982 1204 No
1981 Murray, Joan Canadian Artists of the Second World War (Robert McLaughlin Gallery) 124 No
1980 Sisler, Rebecca Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980 296 Yes
1978 Varley, Christopher and Jeffrey Spaulding Coasts, the Sea and Canadian Art 96 No
1977 Robertson, Heather A Terrible Beauty: The Art of Canada at War (Sponsored by Robert McLaughlin Gallery and Canadian War Museum) 240 Yes
1977 Tippett, Maria/Douglas Cole From Desolation to Splendour Changing Perceptions-The British Columbia Landscape 159 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1976 Williamson, Moncrieff Through Canadian Eyes: Trends and Influences in Canadian Art, 1815-1965 (Glenbow Museum) 88 Yes
1975 Hill, Charles C Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue)
(Exhibition catalog)
223 Yes
1974 Duval, Paul High Realism in Canada 175 Yes
1974 Lord, Barry The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A Peoples' Art 253 Yes
1974 MacDonald, Colin, S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes) 3667 No
1972 Duval, Paul Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their Contemporaries, 1930-1970 192 Yes
1970 Bradfield, Helen Pepall Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection 603 No
1967 Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art 254 Yes
1966 Harper, J Russell Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition) 443 No
1964 Hubbard, R.H. The Development of Canadian Art (The National Gallery of Canada) 137 Yes
1961 James, Philip et al The Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art, 1961 (National Gallery of Canada) 28 No
1960 Hubbard, R.H. The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III 463 No
1958 Hume, R.M. 100 Years of B.C. Art 130 No
1952 Duval, Paul Canadian Drawing and Prints 100 No
1950 McInnes, Graham Campbell Canadian Art 140 Yes
1945 McCurry, H.O. and National Gallery of Canada Exhibition of Canadian War Art (Exhibition at National Gallery and Art Gallery of Toronto)
(Exhibition catalog)
22 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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