About Frank Hughes
Lived 1905 – 1987 (aged 81–82). Frank Hughes was a painter and illustrator.
Frank Edward Burnham Hughes, N.E.A.C (1905–1987) was an English painter and member of the New English Art Club.
Life and work
Frank Hughes was born at St Pancras, London. He studied at St Martin's School of Art He travelled with her in Italy and France, producing on their travels drawings and watercolours of landscapes and cafés: these formed the basis of subsequent paintings, often, like his portraits, dark and small. Landscape from a Window in 1955 (Gallery #1 alongside Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Alfred Munnings, Sir Gerald Kelly, Sr William Russell Flint, James Fitton, Stanley Spencer and Henry Lamb). Additionally, Dorset Landscape was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1961.
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Who was Frank Hughes?
British artist (1905-1987)
When was Frank Hughes born?
Frank Hughes was born in 1905.
When did Frank Hughes die?
Frank Hughes died in 1987.
What was Frank Hughes's occupation?
Frank Hughes was a painter and illustrator.
Sources & further reading
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Frank Hughes. https://biography.guide/frank-hughes-painter/
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