e.e. cummings (1894 – 1962) – American playwright, poet, artist and writer

Self portrait 1920

  Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA on 14th October 1894, Edward Estlin Cummings attended Harvard University and graduated with a B.A.. in 1915 and an M.A. in 1916.  

   Edward served as a volunteer ambulance driver in France with the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps, American Red Cross, during The First World War. Edward was imprisoned for three months in a French detention centre, having been mistaken as a spy. He went on to serve in the United States Army (1918-1919), then studied art in Paris (1920-1924).

  e.e. cummings was his preferred style of writing his name.

Dark coloured landscape
e.e. cummings 

Christopher Wyndham Hughes MC (1881-1961) – British artist and teacher

With thanks to Josie Holford for the discovery of this artist

Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire UK, on 19th June 1881, Christopher’s parents were Wyndham Hope Hughes, an artist, and his wife, Eveline Constance Marie Hughes, nee Pinhorne. Christopher had a sister – Mary H. Hughes - born in 1878.  The children’s mother died in 1885. 

Christopher was taught painting by his father, Wyndham Hughes, who was an expert in stained glass and ecclesiastical art.   In 1904, Christopher married Edith Hereford Wynne Willson in Witney, Oxfordshire. 

During the First World War, Christopher served as a Captain in the 7th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment and was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 while serving as a Temporary Captain.  With the rank of Major when he left the Army, Christopher served in the Officers Training Corps (OTC) at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, where he taught art from the 1920s – 1940s.  His final rank was Colonel.  

Christopher died on 12th January 1961 in Marlborough, Wiltshire. Probate was granted to Ursula Wyndham Simeon.

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Artwork by Christopher Wyndham Hughes MC - Entrance to Sienna Cathedral

 have  not been able to find any WW1 artwork or a portrait of Christopher.  If you can help please get in touch.