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Blair Hughes-Stanton Art

1902-1981

Blair Hughes-Stanton was the only son of a successful landscape painter, Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton. He had little formal education, joining a cadet school ship at the age of 13. As an artist, he trained at the Byam Shaw School of Art, where he was greatly influenced by Leon Underwood. In 1921, he moved to Underwood’s new school in Hammersmith and when Underwood went to America in 1925, Hughes-Stanton was left in charge of the school. Although he continued to paint and draw, he soon gained a reputation for his wood-engravings. Hughes-Stanton's first published works were illustrations to T.E. Lawrence’s The Seven Pillar’s of Wisdom, 1926. He married Gertrude Hermes, a well known British printmaker, in the same year. Much of Hughes-Stanton’s subsequent work was in the form of illustrations for private press books, first with the Cressent and Golden Cockerel Presses and then, from 1930–33, for the Gregynog Press in Wales. Between 1928–30, he was closely associated with D.H. Lawrence and illustrated several of his books. It was partly in response to the philosophy of these novels and partly to his new affair with Ida Graves that he created the overtly sexual iconography that marks the prints of this period. In 1933–36, he established Gemini Press, with the backing of Robert Sainsbury, but by 1935, the Depression had put an end to commissions for illustrative works, and he returned to the single sheet print. Hughes-Stanton's prints of the later 1930s are notable in their concern with modernist abstraction. He won an international prize for engraving at the Venice Biennale in 1938. During World War II, he worked in camouflage with the Royal Engineers, after which he was sent to Greece, where he was captured, became a PoW, and was shot in the face. Following the war, commissions for private press books dried up, and his war wound seriously affected his three-dimensional vision. He found work teaching at Westminster School of Art 1947–48, and from 1948 Hughes-Stanton was a lecturer in printmaking and drawing at the Society of Wood Engravers, St. Martins and the Central School of Art. He later lived in Manningtree, Essex.

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Artist: Blair Hughes-Stanton
Myth III - British 1936 Modern art tempera painting Ida Graves poet family
By Blair Hughes-Stanton
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British 1930's modern art tempera painting is by noted interwar artist Blair Hughes-Stanton. Painted in 1936 it is part of the myth se...
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1930s Modern Blair Hughes-Stanton Art

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Modern British 20th C watercolour drawing of Thetis laments by Hughes-Stanton
By Blair Hughes-Stanton
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Blair Hughes-Stanton – ‘Thetis Laments’ 1952 The watercolour is signed by the artist lower right in pencil 'Blair HS' and dated (19)52. It was exhibited in June 1954 at The Leicester...
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20th Century English School Blair Hughes-Stanton Art

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Modern British 20th C watercolour drawing of bathers by Blair Hughes-Standon
By Blair Hughes-Stanton
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Blair Hughes-Stanton (British, 1902-1981) The Bathers Ink and watercolour Signed and dated `Blair HS 38’ (lower right) 13.1/2 x 20 in. (34.4 x 50.7 cm.)
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20th Century English School Blair Hughes-Stanton Art

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Ink, Watercolor

Blair Hughes-Stanton 'Reclining Nude' abstract oil painting British Surrealism
By Blair Hughes-Stanton
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To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Blair Hughes-Stanton (1902-1981) Reclining Nude, c. 1936 Tempera on canvas 76.5 x 102 cm Signed lower right 'Blair H S'. Provenance: The estate of the artist. A magnificent abstract nude rendered in a dynamic colour palette. This is probably Hughes-Stanton's most important work, and belongs to the nation's great, if brief, period of British Surrealism. The three major elements are distinct: the pastel tones of the window view and wall, the sensual curvatures of the pale nude, and the bold foreground featuring a fantastically accomplished still life of a fruit bowl (which could be a painting in and of itself) and the impressively phallic chair back. This is a brilliant example of erotic modernist abstraction. Blair Hughes-Stanton, son of the artist Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton, was a noted British artist of the interwar period. At the age of 13 he joined the Royal Navy training ship HMS Coway, but at 19 - advised by his father - he abandoned the sea for his paintbox. He studied art at Byam Shaw School (1919-1922) where he was influenced by Leon Underwood (who was a major influence throughout his studying), Royal Academy Schools (1922-23), and Leon Underwood's School (1923-25). He was celebrated mostly for his skills as an engraver, and was a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society when it was established in 1925. His first wife was the printmaker Gertrude Hermes...
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Canvas, Tempera

Nudes in a Garden with Palm Tree, 1934 circa - 20th C Nude Watercolor Painting
By Blair Hughes-Stanton
Located in Kingsclere, GB
1934, circa watercolour 40.6 x 53.8 cm 16 x 21 1/4 in Work on Paper
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1930s Blair Hughes-Stanton Art

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Blair Hughes-Stanton, 'Isolation', color wood engraving, 1959, edition 15. Signed, titled, dated and numbered '6/15' in pencil. Superb, richly-inked impressions, with fresh, vibrant colors, on heavy, cream, wove, Japan paper; the full sheet with wide margins (2 to 9 1/8 inches). Minor toning at the sheet edges, well away from the images, otherwise in excellent condition. Created as book illustrations, the images are positioned on the sheet accordingly; each image 3 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches; sheet size 16 x 20 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Scarce. ABOUT THE ARTIST Blair Hughes-Stanton (1902-1981) was the only son of a successful landscape painter, Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton. He had little formal education, joining a cadet school ship at the age of 13. As an artist, he trained at the Byam Shaw School, where he was greatly influenced by Leon Underwood. In 1921, he moved to Underwood’s new school in Hammersmith and when Underwood went to America in 1925, Hughes-Stanton was left in charge of the school. Although he continued to paint and draw, he soon gained a reputation for his wood-engravings. His first published works were illustrations to T.E. Lawrence’s 'The Seven Pillar’s of Wisdom...
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