Discount Pamono Eleanor Hughes RI, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Pyrenees, France, 1920, Watercolour

An original 1920 watercolour painting, Eleanor Hughes RI, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Pyrenees, France.A fantastic drawing in watercolour and graphite by Eleanor Hughes RI (1882–1959), who was a leading painter of the Newlyn School of artists. At Newlyn Hughes studied under the school’s founder, Stanhope Forbes RA (1857–1947). She went on to become an important figure in the Lamorna colony of artists, residing nearby at Chyangweal, near St Buryan, with her husband, the artist Robert Morson Hughes (1873–1953). She was a close friend of Laura and Harold Knight, and Lamorna Birch.The delicacy with which she painted in watercolour, using graphite to delineate detail, and her considered awareness of colour and form, has led to comparisons with the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928).This drawing is one a collection that we have for sale that were produced by Hughes in East Sussex in 1920, depicting the area around Battle, north to Robertsbridge and Salehurst and east to Udimore. Robert Morson Hughes was born at nearby Withyham, so the area possibly had significance for the couple.Eleanor Hughes uses the rural landscape as inspiration for her exploration of shape and colour; she is particularly known for her interest in the linear form of trees and the shapes created by farm buildings within the landscape.In watercolour with graphite.Provenance: from a sketchbook found at Chyangweal, the family home.All artworks come with a Certificate of Authenticity and—if it is a collection artwork—its accompanying collection text or artist biography. Signed: No. Inscribed: Inscribed lower right. Height: 20.3cm (8″) Width: 25.3cm (10″) Condition: Some age toning as shown. There is some creasing to the paper, vertically towards the right edge, and obliquely near the corners. There is a 2.5cm repaired tear to the lower edge of the sheet and three further short repaired tears to the upper edge. Please see photos for detail. Presented: Unframed.