David Hughes

David Hughes is an artist and illustrator.

Biography David Hughes, born in Twickenham (in 1952? ') describes himself as "a graphic designer who happens to illustrate." He studied at Twickenham Technical College in the early 1970s. Towards the very end of his course, he discovered an interest in etching and produced "a small series of etchings based on a piece of jazz by Charlie Parker." Hughes also "mounted a major exhibition of his work as part of the festival," which subsequently transferred to the Charleston Festival in South Carolina in 1993. His design work for the stage includes two operatic productions at Spoleto, in 1993 and 1998.

Widely acclaimed as a children's book illustrator, Hughes also writes some of the books he illustrates, as well as illustrating the work of others. In autumn 2006, he provided the illustrations of Jan Needle's retelling of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

Awards and nominations Strat and Chatto (by Jan Mark), won Hughes the Mother Goose Award for "most exciting newcomer to British children's book illustration" in 1990. Bully was shortlisted for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 1993. Little Robert was selected by the Association of Illustrators in 1997 for Image 22, and was subsequently exhibited at the Royal College of Art, and later touring. In 1999 he received a D&AD Silver Award for his illustrations of Othello.

Partial bibliography Strat and Chatto, author Jan Mark. Walker Books, 1990 Bully. Walker Books, 1992 Little Robert. Alibaba Verlag, 1996 Shakespeare's Othello. Alibaba Verlag, 1998 Silent Night, author Sandy Turner. Atheneum (USA) Walker Books (GB), 2000 David Hughes: Drawings. Kerber Verlag, 2003 Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, adapted by Jan Needle. Walker Books, 2006 Walking The Dog. Jonathan Cape, 2009 The Pillbox. Vintage/Jonathan Cape, 2015