Myra Kathleen Hughes
Myra Kathleen Hughes | |
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| Born | September 9, 1877 |
| Died | 21 August 1918(aged 40) Surrey,United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Known for | painting and etching |
Myra Kathleen Hughes(9 September 1877 – 21 August 1918) was an Irish artist and etcher, best known for her seriesVanishing London.
Early life
[edit]Myra Kathleen Hughes was born in Polehore,Wexfordon 9 September 1877.[1]She came from a wealthy military family.[2][3]Her father was Sir Frederick Hughes of Rosslare Fort and Barntown House[4]who served in the7th Madras Light Cavalry.She had 2 brothers and 4 sisters.[1]She attended theWestminster School of Art,going on to study etching and engraving underFrank ShortandConstance Mary Pottat theRoyal College of Artin London,[5]living the rest of her life in London.[1]
Professional career
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She was elected an associate of theRoyal Society of Painter Etchers and Engraversin 1911, making her one of only 35 women in the 258 membership.[2]She later served as president of the society.[1]She exhibited with the Royal Society of Painter Etchers and Engravers as well as theRoyal Academyand the Dudley Galleries, theRoyal Hibernian Academy,theWatercolour Society of Irelandand the Dublin Sketching Club.[2]She was considered one of the leading artists of the BritishEtching revival.[4]
Hughes's work focused onen plein airstudies of both natural and urban landscapes. One of her most popular series wasVanishing London,which were etchings of London landmark buildings she captured before they were demolished.[2]She is considered to be an accomplished draughtsman, and was one of a small number or artists who experimented with colour printing at the turn of the 20th century.[2]In 1917, she travelled toPalestine,writing and illustrating the book,Impressions of Palestine.She contractedtuberculosisthere, from which she died atHindhead,Surrey on 21 August 1918.[1][4]
Legacy
[edit]TheBritish Museumholds the largest collection of her prints,[2]which were donated after her death by her family through Mary C. Hamilton. TheNational Gallery of Irelandholds two prints by Hughes, one of which depicts College Green, Dublin.[4]Trinity College Dublinholds a series of 5 etchings by Hughes which depict the College grounds.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abcdeSnoddy, Theo (2002).Dictionary of Irish artists: 20th century(2nd ed.). Dublin: Merlin. p. 274.ISBN1-903582-17-2.OCLC50624017.
- ^abcdefg"Hughes, Myra Kathleen".Drawn to the Page: Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland.Retrieved27 September2020.
- ^"Myra Hughes".British Museum.Retrieved27 September2020.
- ^abcd"Objects – Myra Kathleen Hughes".National Gallery of Ireland.Retrieved27 September2020.
- ^"Biography of Myra Kathleen Hughes".campbell-fine-art.Retrieved27 September2020.
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