Draft:Dick Hague

Dick Hague was an important British watercolor landscape artist from North Wales. Son of the Joshua Anderson Hague and a member of the Royal Cambrian Society, Hague had many paintings on display in The Royal Academy of Art in London.

At the home of his parents, Joshua Anderson Hague and Sarah Henshall, in Deganwy, North Wales, Anderson Hague was born on October 24, 1877. He was the oldest of their seven children.

As a young child his friends called him Andy. His mother objected to this, saying, "You might as well call him Tom, Dick, or Harry". The friends choose Dick and he was known by that name for the rest of his life. He always signed his paintings D. Hague.

His father had a studio attached to their house, where many of the local artists would come and paint together. The surrounding countryside was their favorite subject, and there were many field forays to paint en plein air. Hague would learn his technique from these talented artists, including his father's friend, Frank W. Longshaw. On February 19. 1917, Hague married Gertrude Maule Sutton, the widow of Longshaw. They had no children.

Hague's niece was Esme Kirby, his sister Dora's daughter.

Hague was a member of The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art from 1913 to 1918. He is credited with exhibiting 24 paintings at The Royal Academy of Art in London. Citation: Directory of British Artists 1880-1940. He stopped painting as a young man.

Hague served in World War I in The Royal Army Service Corp as Mechanical Transport, providing fighting troops with necessary supplies in France.

Hague married his second wife, Doris Mary Wilkinson on August 29,1933. They had 2 children together.

All his life he never had a real job. Later in life, he suffered from arthritis and Parkinson's disease. At the age of 77, Hague died at his home, The Rambler, in Llandudno, North Wales on April 12, 1953. He is buried in the Great Orme Cemetery in Llandudno.