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John Hughes

Early Life & Family:

John Hughes an Irish sculptor was born on the 27th of January 1865 Dublin, Ireland and died 6th June in 1941 (aged 75–76) Nice, France. https://www.twtd.co.uk/wiki/John_Hughes_(sculptor) He is one of five children of Patrick Hughes, carpenter, and Mary Anne Hughes. He attended the Christian Brothers' O'Connell School on North Richmond Street in Dublin from 1872 to 1879, after which he enrolled at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin. He originally stayed at the school for six years before leaving to study part-time in England before returning to the institution in December 1888 and remaining until April 1890. In 1890, he was awarded a scholarship to the South Kensington School of Art in London, which led to another scholarship that took him to Paris. He then went to Italy to complete his education. He travelled to Paris in 1903 to work on Ireland's Queen Victoria memorial. Hughes was a founder member of the Royal Society of Sculptors in 1905. He moved to Florence in 1920, where he lived with one of his sisters until 1926, https://wiki2.org/en/John_Hughes_(sculptor) when he spent the majority of his time traveling across France and Italy. His last address in Dublin was 28 Lennox Street in Portobello. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/John_Hughes_(sculptor)

References:

Hughes, John | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie.

Turpin, J. (1997). Nationalist and Unionist ideology in the sculpture of Oliver Sheppard and John Hughes, 1895-1939. The Irish Review (1986-), (20), 62-75.