New Zealand – born Eleanor Mary Hughes (née Weymouth, 1882 – 1959) was a landscape artist.

Awarded a scholarship to study art in Britain she chose Cornwall, the county of her parents’ birth.  In 1903 she attended the Newlyn School of Painting and Drawing run by Stanhope Forbes (November 18^th) and Elizabeth Forbes (29^th December).  Marrying her fellow student, Robert Morson Hughes, another landscape artist, she designed and built their own home, Chyangweal, near St Buryan, which became their home for the rest of their lives.  Hughes painted many landscapes and the image on the left shows a row of elms outside their home.

Chyangweal became a social centre for local artists and the couple became lifelong friends with Dame Laura Knight (July 7^th) and her husband, Harold Knight (October 3^rd).

Hughes exhibited at the Royal Academy thirty seven times using locations in West Cornwall as demonstrated by her sketching of  ‘Penzance From the Harbour’ (right) but sold her Lamorna studio in 1940, effectively retiring