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|  Hughson Hawley was a self-taught watercolorist, theater-set designer and specialist in painting cathedral interiors. He was born in Brighton, England, and began his career by painting sets for the Theatre Royal in his hometown and, later, for the theater at Stratford-on-Avon, where his father was the town librarian. At the same time, he started sketching the countryside around London and became especially adept at drawing architecture.
After moving to New York City in 1879 at the invitation of the American producer James Steele MacKenzie, Hawley became a leading designer in America of theater backdrops. He maintained a studio in New York for fifty years, creating architectural renderings, working for such noted firms as McKim Mead & White, York & Sawyer, and Cass Gilbert, as well as producing illustrations for Harper's Magazine and other publications.
Hawley retired to Brighton, England, in 1931.
Source: www.roughtongalleries.com
Roughton Galleries, Dallas, Texas
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Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art" |
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|  Born in England in 1850. Hawley had a studio in NYC for more than 50 years and specialized in painting cathedral interiors. While in San Francisco he did a watercolor of the Crocker mansion. He died on May 11, 1936. In: CHS. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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