Name/Title
1920 - Painting by Captain Randolph Stanley Hewton, RCA, MC (Sgt. With 245th Bn CGG)Description
For Museum records only - Part of the Lieutenant Michael A. Hayes-Rivet (MHR) Trust Collection
*** FOR ARCHIVE PURPOSES ONLY - ARTIFACT NOT PART OF MUSEUM COLLECTION ***
An oil on canvas painting titled “Mountain Scene” Circa 1920 - by Captain Randolph Stanley Hewton, MC - who began his military with the 245th Battalion (CGG) CEF.
He was a gallantry award winner (Military Cross) and one of Canada's famous artists (He was invited to join the Group of Seven) and his close friend was A.Y. Jackson.
ABOUT THE CGG ARTIST
Captain (Sgt with CGG) Randolph Stanley Hewton, RCA MC (June 12, 1888 – March 17, 1960) was a famous Canadian artist known for his figurative work and as a colorist.
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 where in 1912 he met A. Y. Jackson. He served overseas during World War I with the 24th Bn CEF and returned to Canada and enlisted with The Canadian Grenadier Guards 245th battalion in 1916, taking part in the Somme offensive, and was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 as a commissioned officer.
After the war, he worked for Miller Brothers, paper box manufacturers, and became company president in 1921. Hewton was invited to show with the Group of Seven in 1920 and he helped found the Beaver Hall Group, a group of Canadian visual artists based in Montreal, that same year.
He went on painting trips with Jackson, and Albert Robinson. He was the director and senior painting instructor at the Art Association of Montreal School of Art in the early 1920s and also was a founding member of the Canadian Group of Painters and was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1934. Hewton died in Belleville, Ontario, at the age of 71.
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.Created By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Create Date
October 28, 2024Updated By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Update Date
May 28, 2025
