Edward Ellis Hughes (1940-2017)
was an American painter. He was born in Philadelphia in 1940. He attended the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
His work has been described as abstract, containing symbols from black American and Haitian culture.
His work was included in the 2015 exhibition ''
We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s–1970s'' at the
Woodmere Art Museum.
His work is in the
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMoA) is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Fr ...
.
He also created a ceramic tile installation for the
56th Street elevated subway station of the
SEPTA
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly 4 million people in five coun ...
.
References
External links
Edward Ellis Hughes - Meet Miss Subway, 1965 on Blackgeek Society blog
1940 births
2017 deaths
Artists from Philadelphia
American male artists
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania alumni
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