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“I try to do much of the necessary alteration on the black and white [cartoons] rather than leave it to be done on the paintings.”

Quote by E. J. Hughes

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E. J. Hughes was a renowned British artist known for his unique style and exquisite technique. His works, primarily depicting the sea and fishing villages, are filled with poetic and romantic elements. Born on February 17, 1913, he passed away on January 5, 2007. more

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“Although not of the quality of my later work, I feel there is some quality to it [my early work] in an art sense, and probably some additional quality in a biographical sense.”

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“It feels much better to me to think that an artist is working to show his appreciation of what already has been created than creating things himself.”

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“I'm going to just sit down for a couple of weeks and do nothing but read who-dunnits and Art books. I feel my work is getting a bit dull and mechanical and this proposed resting should work up some enthusiasm in me.”

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“I felt landscapes would sell more readily, and not being equipped psychologically to be a teacher or commercial artist, that was important.”

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“At present I am using a good sized bedroom in the 2 bedroom house here as a studio, and it is large enough to step back from my canvases, and has a good north light. It should serve very well until I can afford to have the storeroom half of the back building lined and insulated and a chimney put in. That may be in about two years.”

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“The primitive style makes nature look like stage scenery.”

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“The small figures that appear in my paintings are there only because they were there when I was working from nature on my preliminary sketches with pencil.”

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“It is a matter mostly of having the time to spare from my finished paintings to put in on travelling and sketching out of doors.”

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“Leonardo's Mona Lisa sure would have lost out if he had spent only 2 of the 4 or 5 years he took to complete it. It is thinking about him and Ryder, among others, that partly makes me feel so awful to send away a 'half-baked' painting.”

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“I am trying to get my paintings a bit lighter in tone, as some of my recent oils have been mistaken for night scenes.”

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