The E. J. Hughes Book of Boats
- Publisher
- TouchWood Editions
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2020
- Category
- Canadian, Pictorial, Monographs
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781771513371
- Publish Date
- Oct 2020
- List Price
- $12.99
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781771513364
- Publish Date
- Sep 2020
- List Price
- $22.00
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Description
Winner of the 2021 BC and Yukon Book Prizes' Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award
Boat lovers of all ages and people who enjoy the scenery of BC’s coast will delight in this charming gift book, a worthy addition to books about BC’s art history.
In the course of his career, one of BC’s most beloved painters, E. J. Hughes (1913–2007), depicted paddle wheelers, steamships, fishing boats, and car ferries. Now The E. J. Hughes Book of Boats brings many of his coastal paintings of boats together in one handsome volume—a book for art lovers and boating enthusiasts alike.
Robert Amos is the official biographer of E. J. Hughes, and works with the participation of the Estate of E. J. Hughes. The Book of Boats follows the success of his two geographically-based volumes, E. J. Hughes Paints Vancouver Island (2018) and E. J. Hughes Paints British Columbia (2019). This new compendium features never-before-seen sketches and photographs accompanying full-page illustrations of some of the artist’s finest works.
About the author
Robert Amos has painted thousands of pictures of the urban landscape and specializes in commissioned paintings of homes and gardens. He writes a weekly column, "On Art," published in the Times Colonist, and is the author (and illustrator) of seven books about Victoria, including , Artists in their Studios: Where Art is Born, and Inside Chinatown: Ancient Culture in a New World. Robert has recently been the artist in residence at the Fairmont Empress Hotel and is an Honorary Citizen of Victoria. He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1995. Robert lives in downtown Victoria, British Columbia. Please visit Robert's website at robertamos.com.
Other titles by
E. J. Hughes: Life at the Lake
E. J. Hughes: Canadian War Artist
E. J. Hughes Paints British Columbia
E. J. Hughes Paints Vancouver Island
Up at the Lake
Summer Cottage Memories
No Such Thing as Far Away
Emily Carr As I Knew Her
Harold Mortimer-Lamb
The Art Lover
Harold Mortimer Lamb
The Art Lover
Hometown
Out and About in Victoria's Neighbourhoods