Herbert Hughes-Stanton
Illustration — Cader Idris, North Wales (1918) Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (21 November 1870 – 2 August 1937) was a British watercolour and oil painter, predominantly of landscapes. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in November 1913, elected a full Royal Academician in 1920 (or 1919) and knighted in 1923. He was an Officier l’ordre Leopold II and a member of the Royal Watercolour Society from 1909 or 1915 and its President from 1920 until 1936. • Illustration — The Tidal River, Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums Collection He was born in Chelsea, London, son of William Hughes who was of Welsh descent, a still-life painter, and educated in Corsham, near Bath.
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Herbert Hughes-Stanton
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- Born
- 1870 · Chelsea.
- Died
- 1937 · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter
- Honours
- Knight Bachelor
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Cader Idris, North Wales (1918) Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (21 November 1870 – 2 August 1937) was a British watercolour and oil painter, predominantly of landscapes. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in November 1913, elected a full Royal Academician in 1920 (or 1919) and knighted in 1923. He was an Officier l’ordre Leopold II and a member of the Royal Watercolour Society from 1909 or 1915 and its President from 1920 until 1936. • Illustration — The Tidal River, Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums Collection He was born in Chelsea, London, son of William Hughes who was of Welsh descent, a still-life painter, and educated in Corsham, near Bath.
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Herbert Hughes-Stanton (1870–1937) was a painter, of British and British nationality. The painter was born in Chelsea and died in London. Herbert Hughes-Stanton was a member of Royal Academy of Arts.
Languages used include English. Works are held at Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia and Auckland Art Gallery, among others. Honours include Knight Bachelor.
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His first paintings were exhibited in 1886; and he exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon, Royal Academy (from 1897), Grosvenor Gallery (from 1887), New Gallery, and Royal Institute of Oil Painters, and later at the Fine Art Society. He was awarded gold medals at a Paris Salon in 1907 and 1908. A Pasturage among the Dunes, exhibited in New Gallery, was purchased for the Chantry Bequest in 1908. He married in 1898 and had three daughters and one son. His son was the wood-engraver Blair Hughes-Stanton and his brother Talbot Hughes also painted. Hughes-Stanton died in Kensington, London, on 2 August 1937. A memorial to him lies in St James's Church, Piccadilly. • Illustration — There is a memorial to Herbert Hughes-Stanton in St James's Church, Piccadilly.
The recorded working language is English. Work by Herbert Hughes-Stanton is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, Auckland Art Gallery, Tate, Art Gallery of South Australia and Art Gallery of New South Wales. Distinctions recorded are Knight Bachelor.
The authorities additionally record the headings Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton, Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton, Sir Hughes-Stanton, Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (Sir) and Herbert Hughes Stanton. His recorded language was English.
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Herbert Hughes-Stanton was born on 21 November 1870.
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Herbert Hughes-Stanton died on 2 August 1937.
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- 1.Sir H. Hughes-Stanton, R.A. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 04, 1937; pg. 14; Issue 47754
- 2.Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton. Tate.
- 3.Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton, R.A. Royal Academy Collection.
- 4.HUGHES-STANTON, Sir Herbert', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007. Accessed 26 October 2016.
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Herbert Hughes-Stanton received Knight Bachelor. Recorded as painter.
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