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Gold Winner of a 2022 PubWest Book Design Award
Winner of the 2023 Basil Stuart Stubbs Book Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia
"A penetrating study based on unique archival material and a deep analysis into hundreds of wartime works of art." āTim Cook, author of The Fight for History: 75 Years of Forgetting, Remembering, and Remaking of Canadaās Second World War
The third volume of this award-winning series showcases paintings and drawings E. J. Hughes created during the artistās war service in Ottawa, England, Wales, and Alaska.
In this, the third volume of an award-winning series on artist E. J. Hughes (1913ā2007), Robert Amos turns his focus to Hughesās service in the Second World War.
The narrative begins with Hughesās cadet days with the Seaforth Highlanders in Vancouver, followed by his enlistment at the Work Point Barracks in Esquimalt in 1939. Named the first āservice artistā in 1941, he spent two winters in Ottawa before being posted to London where he was attached to different regiments in England and Wales. His paintings of camp life and convoys reflect his keen attention to the details of vehicles, artillery, and uniforms. In 1943 on the Alaskan island of Kiska, he transformed sub-zero weather and howling gales into a powerful document of this remote theatre of war. He returned to Ottawa where he worked until 1946āCanadaās first, last, and longest-serving War Artist of the Second World War. He was also the most prolific.
The book features seventy artworks from the Canadian War Museumās holdings, expanded with many personal photos and sketches from the artistās papers. The narrative situates Hughesās wartime work within the broader context of his life and his development as an artist. With the care and knowledge of a fellow artist, Amos draws the reader into this important chapter in the life of E. J. Hughes and Canadian art.
This book title, E. J. Hughes: Canadian War Artist, ISBN: 9781771513852, by Robert Amos, published by Heritage Group Distribution (November 29, 2022) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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