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Arthur Hughes
1832-1915
British
Arthur Hughes Gallery
Hughes was born in London. His best-known paintings are April Love and The Long Engagement, both of which depict troubled couples contemplating the transience of love and beauty. They were inspired by John Everett Millais's earlier "couple" paintings but place far greater emphasis on the pathos of human inability to maintain the freshness of youthful feeling in comparison to the regenerative power of nature.
Like Millais, Hughes also painted an Ophelia and illustrated Keats's poem The Eve of St. Agnes. Hughes's version of the latter is in the form of a secular triptych, a technique he repeated for scenes from Shakespeare's As You Like It.
His works are noted for their magical, glowing colouring and delicate draughtsmanship.
Hughes was in close contact with the writer George MacDonald and illustrated some of his books as well as producing numerous illustrations for Norman MacLeod's monthly magazine, Good Words.
Hughes died in Kew Green, London, leaving about 700 known paintings and drawings, along with over 750 book illustrations.
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Painting ID:: 28380
Home from Sea
1856-62
Oil on canvas 50.8 x 65.1 cm
(20 x 25 5/8 in)
Ashmolean Museum Oxford (mk63)
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Painting ID:: 45942
The Quest of the Holy Grail
mk178
1870
oils on linen
113x167.6cm
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Painting ID:: 51798
Enid and Geraint
mk221
1862
Oil on canvas
26x37.5cm
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Painting ID:: 53425
Ophelia
mk231
1852
Oil on canvas
68.6x123.8cm
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Painting ID:: 53443
April Love
mk231
88.9x49.5cm
1856
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Arthur Hughes
1832-1915
British
Arthur Hughes Gallery
Hughes was born in London. His best-known paintings are April Love and The Long Engagement, both of which depict troubled couples contemplating the transience of love and beauty. They were inspired by John Everett Millais's earlier "couple" paintings but place far greater emphasis on the pathos of human inability to maintain the freshness of youthful feeling in comparison to the regenerative power of nature.
Like Millais, Hughes also painted an Ophelia and illustrated Keats's poem The Eve of St. Agnes. Hughes's version of the latter is in the form of a secular triptych, a technique he repeated for scenes from Shakespeare's As You Like It.
His works are noted for their magical, glowing colouring and delicate draughtsmanship.
Hughes was in close contact with the writer George MacDonald and illustrated some of his books as well as producing numerous illustrations for Norman MacLeod's monthly magazine, Good Words.
Hughes died in Kew Green, London, leaving about 700 known paintings and drawings, along with over 750 book illustrations.
. Related Artists to Arthur Hughes: | ELSHEIMER, Adam | martin mijtens d.a | Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Antigna | Marcel Couchaux | BIJLERT, Jan van |
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