Robert Amos - E. J. Hughes Paints British Columbia

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Map on pages xxi by Leinberger Mapping

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION
Title: E. J. Hughes paints British Columbia / Robert Amos.
Names: Amos, Robert, author. | Container of (work): Hughes, E. J. (Edward John), 19132007. Paintings. Selections.
Identifiers: Canadiana 20190127724
Subjects: LCSH: Hughes, E. J. (Edward John), 1913-2007. | LCSH: Landscape painting,
CanadianBritish Columbia20th century. | LCSH: British ColumbiaIn art.
Classification: LCC ND249.H815 A46 2019 | DDC 759.11DC23

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Index

In this index, page numbers set in italics indicate an illustration.

A

Abandoned Village (1947),

Abandoned Village Stump (1937),

Above Kootenay Lake (1968),

Above Moraine Lake (1963),

Above Okanagan Lake (1958),

Above Okanagan Lake (1960),

Above the Yacht Club, Penticton, BC (1958),

Above the Yacht Club, Penticton, BC (1991),

label,

acrylic paintings

Above the Yacht Club, Penticton, BC (1991),

Cumshewa Inlet, Queen Charlotte Islands (1990),

Junction of the Thompson and Nicola Rivers (1986),

Kitwanga II (1991),

Namu Cannery, BC, (1991),

The Alabaster Box, study for,

Alert Bay

the deck of Princess Adelaide,

Houses at Alert Bay (1951),

Amos, Robert

as Hughess biographer,

on Hughess style,

Amos, Sarah,

Anspa yaxw (Kispiox),

Art Gallery of Victoria, CIL collection at,

The Artists Wife on Second Beach (1938),

Ashcroft,

Ashcroft (1965),

site photograph, 2018,

Ashcroft (1965),

Auld Kirk Gallery, exhibitions at,

automobiles, Hughes and,

B

Bailey, Jann LM

exhibition by,

on Hughess style,

Bainbridge, Unity, on Grace Melvin and Charles Scott,

BC Telephone Company

commissions by,

The Beach at Kalamalka Lake (2006),

Beach at Savary Island, British Columbia (1952),

Beatties Anchorage, Cumshewa Inlet (1953),

Beatties Anchorage, Cumshewa Inlet (2000),

Bekins Building,

A Bend in a Road near Princeton (about 6:00 P.M.),

Bennett, Wilf, on BC Telephone Co. cover,

Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Paintings, Hughes on,

The Bridge at Pritchard (1956),

A Bridge North of Hazelton, BC (1985), . See also Hazelton (1967); Hazelton, BC (1985)

A Bridge North of Hazelton (1967),

notes on, .

See also Hazelton (1967); Hazelton, BC (1985)

Bridges on Beaver Creek (1938),

Brunswick Cannery,

C

Cadorette, Marie, on Hughes in Prince George,

Canada Council grants

1958,

1963,

1967,

Canada Post Corporation, stamp,

Canadian Art,

Canadian Group of Painters (CGP), Hughess membership in,

Canadian War Art, program established,

Canadian West Coast Art, Native and Modern, exhibition,

Canmore,

The Three Sisters, Canmore, Alberta (1972),

Three Sisters, site photograph,

cannery industry, Rivers Inlet,

Carr, Emily

friendship with Sophie Frank,

gallery show in Montreal,

meets Max Stern,

relationship with Lawren Harris,

represented by Dominion Gallery, . See also Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design; Emily Carr Scholarship Fund; Emily Carr Trust

cars, Hughes and,

cartoons,

Eagle Pass at Revelstoke (1961),

Museum Ship, Penticton (1959) graphite cartoon,

Cash, Gwen,

CBC TV,

CGP (Canadian Group of Painters), Hughess membership in,

Chalk Cliffs, Okanagan Lake (1958),

Channel South of Prince Rupert (1947),

Chase,

South Thompson Valley at Chase, BC (1982),

South Thompson Valley Near Chase, BC (1957),

Chilliwack

Farm Near Chilliwack (1959),

A Farm Scene North of Chilliwack (1958),

The Highway East of Chilliwack (1958),

The Highway East of Chilliwack (1961),

Hope River at Chilliwack (1961),

Mt. Cheam and the Fraser River (1958), mural study,

Mt. Cheam and the Fraser River (1959),

sketching trip to,

South of Chilliwack (1973),

Christie Pass, Hurst Island (1996),

Christie Pass, Hurst Island, postage stamp,

Christie Pass, Hurst Island (1996) underdrawing for watercolour,

CIL, corporate collection of,

Clement, Diane, interview with Hughes,

clouds, as motif,

Clover Leaf Seafoods, cannery, . See also Namu Cannery, BC (1991)

Coastal Defense Gun and Crew, Stanley Park Battery (1941),

Coast Salish People, resettlement of,

collections

CIL corporate collection,

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,

National Gallery of Canada,