Randolph Hewton

Randolph Stanley Hewton RCA MC (June 12, 1888 – March 17, 1960) was a Canadian artist.[1]

Randolph Hewton, Isabel McLaughlin, Gordon Webber, Audrey Taylor, Prudence Heward and Rody Kenny Courtice, around 1935

Randolph Hewton
Born
Randolph Stanley Hewton

(1888-06-12)June 12, 1888
Maple Grove, Quebec
DiedMarch 17, 1960(1960-03-17) (aged 71)
Belleville, Ontario
NationalityCanada
EducationArt Association of Montreal with William Brymner (1903-1907); Académie Julian in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens (1908-1910) and with Henry Caro-Delvaile (1910-1913)
Known forPainting; teaching , Principal, School of Art, Art Association of Montreal (1921-1924)
Spouse(s)Isobel Monk (née Robertson)
AwardsMember in 1934, Royal Canadian Academy

He was born in Maple Grove, Quebec, and studied with William Brymner at the Art Association of Montreal, going on to study at the Académie Julian in Paris.[1] He served overseas during World War I, taking part in the Somme offensive, and was awarded the Military Cross in 1918. After the war, he worked for Miller Brothers, paper box manufacturers, and became company president in 1921. He left the company to concentrate on painting but had returned to the position of company president by 1926. Hewton also married Isobel Monk (née Robertson) around this time. In 1933, he moved away from Montreal when Miller Brothers moved to Glen Miller, Ontario.[2]

Hewton was a founding member of the Canadian Group of Painters. He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1934.[1] He helped to found the Beaver Hall Group, a group of Canadian visual artists based in Montreal, in 1920.[3]

Hewton died in Belleville, Ontario, at the age of 71.[1]

His works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and the Art Gallery of Ontario.[2]

References
  1. Peters, Erik J. "Randolph Hewton Robertson". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  2. "Randolph Hewton". Roberts Gallery.
  3. "Randolph Stanley Hewton". Gibbs Fine Art Consultants and Valuers Ottawa.
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