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John Hughes (27 January 1865 – 6 June 1941) was an Irish sculpture, sculptor.
In Ireland:
*''Man of Sorrow''; ''Madonna and Child'', both 1901, for Loughrea Cathedral
*''A dying Irish soldier overlooked by Erin'', now in the garden of Dublin Castle Conference Centre
*''Monument to Charles Kickham'', in County Tipperary, Tipperary.
*Monument to George Salmon, at Trinity College Dublin
Others:
*''W. E. Gladstone Memorial'', intended for the Phoenix Park, but installed instead at Hawarden Castle (18th century), Hawarden in 1925.
*''Statue of Queen Victoria, Sydney, Queen Victoria'', unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1907 outside Leinster House in Dublin, re-erected in Sydney, Australia in 1987.
Life
Hughes was born in Dublin and educated at North Richmond Street Irish Christian Brothers, CBS. He entered the National College of Art and Design, Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin in 1878 and trained as a part-time student for ten years. In 1890 he won a scholarship to the South Kensington School of Art, London, after which another scholarship took him to Paris. He then studied further in Italy. He was appointed as teacher to the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin in 1894 and in 1902 became Professor of Sculpture in the Royal Hibernian Academy School. His last residence in Dublin was at 28 Lennox Street, Portobello, Dublin, Portobello. From 1903 he moved to Paris, where he worked on Ireland's monument to Queen Victoria. In 1905, Hughes became a founding member of the Royal Society of Sculptors. In 1920 he relocated to Florence, where he lived with one of his sisters until 1926, after which he spent most of his time traveling through France and Italy. He died at Nice on 6 June 1941.Works
In Ireland:
*''Man of Sorrow''; ''Madonna and Child'', both 1901, for Loughrea Cathedral
*''A dying Irish soldier overlooked by Erin'', now in the garden of Dublin Castle Conference Centre
*''Monument to Charles Kickham'', in County Tipperary, Tipperary.
*Monument to George Salmon, at Trinity College Dublin
Others:
*''W. E. Gladstone Memorial'', intended for the Phoenix Park, but installed instead at Hawarden Castle (18th century), Hawarden in 1925.
*''Statue of Queen Victoria, Sydney, Queen Victoria'', unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1907 outside Leinster House in Dublin, re-erected in Sydney, Australia in 1987.
References
External links
*Alan Denson: ''John Hughes, sculptor, 1865-1941: A documentary biography''. 1865 births 1941 deaths Irish sculptors People from Portobello, Dublin 20th-century Irish sculptors 20th-century male artists 19th-century Irish sculptors Male sculptors 19th-century male artists Alumni of the National College of Art and Design {{Ireland-sculptor-stub