Maurice Stewart Hague (American 1862 – 1943)  was born in Richmond, Ohio. His family settled on the near west side of Columbus where a prominent street, Hague Ave., is tied to his family’s roots. He was educated in Columbus public schools and after graduation, went on to study medicine for three years at a local medical college, but abandoned it to educate himself in art.

He specialized in portrait painting and modeling until 1895 and then took up landscape painting. His lush landscapes tended to favor local woods and meadows, many featuring small streams and creeks flowing through the middle and foreground of his canvases. 

He is represented in many private and museum collections in New York, Baltimore, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Rochester and the Columbus Museum of Art. During his career he exhibited at Boston, Saint Louis, Minneapolis, Buffalo, Cleveland and Columbus.