E.J. HUGHES: The Artist Who Almost Became a Postman Captures the Essence of British Columbia In His Stylized Realist Paintings

Brian Brennan
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:00:00 -0000

E.J. (Edward John) Hughes joined the ranks of Canada’s most sought-after painters in 2004 when a painting he had sold for $150 in 1951 fetched $920,000 — $600,000 above the asking price — at a Toronto auction.