Arthur Hughes of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Arthur Hughes (27 January 1832 – 22 December 1915), 

was an English painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. 

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He studied at the Royal Academy Schools where he befriended the the young artists of the newly formed Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: J.E. Millais, Danta Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt. 

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He was deeply influenced by their ideas and approach to black and white illustration.

Hughes's illustrations convey a sense of magic and a lyrical quality.

 

 

Forrest Reid wrote of Hughes's mind 'hovering perpetually on the border line between sleeping and waking, vision and reality: when the dream world overlaps the real world then the adventure begins.' 

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-The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration