Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915

LC control no.	n 50033179
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	A. H. (Arthur Hughes), 1832-1915 H., A. (Arthur Hughes), 1832-1915
See also	Corporate body: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Birth date	1832-01-27
Death date	1915-12-22
Place of birth	London (England)
Place of death	London (England)
Affiliation	Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Profession or occupation	Artists Illustrators
Found in	Dialogus de scaccario ... 1902. MacDonald, G. At the back of the North Wind, 1871: p. 2 (A.H.; illustrator) The book & periodical illustrations of Arthur Hughes, 2016: page 17 (Arthur Hguhes was one of the most prolific, imaginative and adaptable illustrators of the mid-nineteenth century) Wikipedia, 21 February 2017 (Arthur Hughes (artist); Arthur Hughes (27 January 1832--22 December 1915) was an English painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-raphaelite Brotherhood; Hughes was born in London; in 1846 he entered the art school at Somerset House, his first master being Alfred Stevens, and later entered the Royal Academy schools; here he met John Everett Millais and Holman Hunt, and became one of the Pre-Raphaelite group of painters; his first picture, Musidora, was hung at the Royal Academy when he was only 17, and thenceforth he contributed almost annually not only to the Royal Academy but later also to the Grosvenor and New Gallery exhibitions; Hughes died in Kew Green, London in 1915, leaving about 700 known paintings and drawings, along with over 750 book illustrations; he was the father of the English painter Arthur Ford Hughes and the uncle of another, Edward Robert Hughes; he illustrated Keats's poem The Eve of St. Agnes, was in close contact with the writer George MacDonald and illustrated some of his books, and produced numerous illustrations for Norman MacLeod's monthly magazine, Good Words)