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'[[Image:The Valkyrie's Vigil.jpg|thumb|Hughes's ''The Valkyrie's Vigil'']] '''Edward Robert Hughes''' (1851–1914) was an English painter who worked in a style influenced by [[Pre-Raphaelitism]] and [[Aestheticism]]. Some of his best known works are ''[[Midsummer Eve (painting)|Midsummer Eve]]'' and ''[[Night With Her Train of Stars]]''. Hughes was the nephew of [[Arthur Hughes (artist)|Arthur Hughes]] and studio assistant to William Holman Hunt. He often used watercolour/gouache. He was elected ARWS in 1891, and chose as his diploma work for election to full membership a mystical piece inspired by a verse by [[Christina Rossetti|Christina Rossetti's]] "Amor Mundi". He experimented with ambitious techniques and was a perfectionist; he did numerous studies for many of his paintings, some of which turned out to be good enough for exhibition. For a time, Hughes was an assistant to the elderly [[William Holman Hunt]]. He helped the increasingly infirm Hunt with the version of ''[[The Light of the World (painting)|The Light of the World]]'' now in [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] and with ''[[The Lady of Shalott]]''. He died on 23 April 1914 at his cottage (no. 3 Romeland) in [[St. Albans, Hertfordshire]]. [[File:Edward Robert Hughes - Midsummer Eve (1908c).jpg|thumb|left|Hughes's ''Midsummer Eve'', ca. 1908]] ==Bibliography== * Rodney Engen, 'The Twilight of Edward Robert Hughes RWS' ('Watercolours & Drawings', Jan 1990) ==See also== {{commons category|Edward Robert Hughes}} *[[List of Pre-Raphaelite paintings]] - including the works of Edward Robert Hughes. * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Shrew_Katherina_(Hughes).jpg ==External links== *[http://artmagick.com/pictures/artist.aspx?artist=edward-robert-hughes Online Gallery of Paintings by Edward Robert Hughes] *[http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/1465/1/Osborne10MPhil_A1b.pdf A British Symbolist In Pre-Raphaelite Circles: Edward Robert Hughes RWS (1851-1914) MPhil Thesis By Victoria Jean Osborne, Fine Art Curator BMAG] {{Authority control|VIAF=95840228}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Hughes, Edward Robert | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = British artist | DATE OF BIRTH = 1851 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = 1914 | PLACE OF DEATH = [[St. Albans, Hertfordshire]], England }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, Edward Robert}} [[Category:English painters]] [[Category:1851 births]] [[Category:1914 deaths]] {{UK-painter-stub}} [[be:Эдвард Роберт Х'юз]] [[br:Edward Robert Hughes]] [[es:Edward Robert Hughes]] [[fr:Edward Robert Hughes]] [[it:Edward Robert Hughes]] [[nl:Edward Robert Hughes]] [[ja:エドワード・ロバート・ヒューズ]] [[no:Edward Robert Hughes]] [[pt:Edward Robert Hughes]] [[ru:Хьюз, Эдвард Роберт]]'