Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton [commonly known as Herbert Hughes-Stanton and as Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton] was born Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes in Chelsea, London on 21 November 1870 and was the son of William Hughes (1842-1901), a painter with whom he trained as an artist. He was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London. He also exhibited at Barbizon House, Colnaghi & Co. Galleries, Dowdeswell Gallery, Fine Art Society, Grosvenor Gallery, Goupil Gallery; International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, Lricester Galleries, New Gallery, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours, and Walker's Gallery in London; Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin; Royal Birmingham Society of Artists; Manchester City Art Gallery; Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; the Royal Scottish Academy and Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours; and at the Paris Salon where he was awarded a Gold Medal in 1907 and 1908.
Hughes-Stanton was a prolific painter, mainly of landscapes, in both watercolour and oil, who is reputed to have at one time produced three pictures a day.
He visited France regularly from 1906 to 1914 and served there as an Official War Artist during World War One.
In 1908 his painting "A Pasturage among the Dunes, Pas de Calais, France" was purchased by the Chantry Bequest.
Hughes changed his surname to Hughes-Stanton following his married to Bessie Stanton (1871-1943) in 1898.
He died in London on 2 August 1937. A memorial exhibition of his work was held at the Fine Art Society in London later that year. His son, Blair Rowlands Hughes-Stanton (1902-1981) was a wood-engraver.
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