Mr John Hughes ARHA, RHA
Born 30 January 1865
Died 1941
Active: 1897 - 1905
Country of birth: Ireland
Country of death: France
Sculptor
Born Dublin, Ireland. Died Nice, France. Residence in France from 1903.
Works
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Study of a Head
1895
La Canteuse
1896
The Challenge
1896
L'Âme du Vin
1899
Napoli
1900
Paolo and Francesca
1900
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1895
'Study of a Head'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1896
'La Canteuse '
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1898
'The finding of Eurydice'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1899
'L'Âme du Vin'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1900
'Napoli'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1901
'Statue (Plaster) - The Spring time of Life'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1897
1897
The Finding of Eurydice (cat. no. 1334, marble, £350).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
L'Ame du Bin (cat. no. 1454, bronze statuette, £50).
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907
1907
Irish Fine Art Section: Pictures, Drawings, Engravings and Sculpture, by Irish Artists. Sculpture located in Gallery V: 'Orpheus and Eurydice' (marble group), p. 115 (454). Lent by Andrew Jameson, Esq.
The number '500' annotated in black ink alongside perhaps denotes that this piece was subsequently sold for £500.
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected to membership of Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1897
ARHA in 1897, RHA in 1901.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1905 - 1915
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Officer of Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1901
Professor of Sculpture from 1901.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by Oliver Sheppard
2 March 1905 (Circa) - 3 April 1905
Sheppard suggested that Hughes and Willis would be suitable candidates for membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, No.I].
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth, 1898 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1898
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh, 1897 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1897
pp. 44-47.
International Exhibition, Dublin 1907, Fine Art Catalogue
1907
Irish Fine Art Section:
Pictures, Drawings, Engravings and Sculpture, by Irish Artists;
Sculpture [located in] Gallery V.
p. 115, no. 454:'Orpheus and Eurydice'. Marble Group.
Lent by Andrew Jameson, Esq.
*The number '500' annotated in black ink alongside - perhaps denotes that this piece was subsequently sold for 500-0-0.
Lent by the Sculptor.
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
10 January 1905
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 2, 1913-1922
1922 (Presumed)
20 December 1915
Citing this record
'Mr John Hughes ARHA, RHA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib3_1204539504, accessed 25 Mar 2023]
