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1819/20 Bristol, Ireland - 1904. Known for: Watercolor marine painting.
Edwin Hayes RHA (1820-1904). The Irish watercolourist and marine painter Edwin Hayes was born in Bristol but grew up in Dublin. He studied drawing and painting at the Dublin Society Art School and... Read full biography
Edwin Hayes RHA (1820-1904). The Irish watercolourist and marine painter Edwin Hayes was born in Bristol but grew up in Dublin. He studied drawing and painting at the Dublin Society Art School and set his sights on becoming a marine painter, an ambition nurtured and encouraged by living close to... Read full biography
Edwin Hayes RHA (1820-1904). The Irish watercolourist and marine painter Edwin Hayes was born in Bristol but grew up in Dublin. He studied drawing and painting at the Dublin Society Art School and set his sights on becoming a marine painter, an ambition nurtured and encouraged by living close to Dublin's docks and quays, as well as his personal experience as a trans-Atlantic steward boy and sailor. As a marine artist, he is comparable with his contemporaries like the naval painter, Richard... Read full biography
Edwin Hayes RHA (1820-1904). The Irish watercolourist and marine painter Edwin Hayes was born in Bristol but grew up in Dublin. He studied drawing and painting at the Dublin Society Art School and set his sights on becoming a marine painter, an ambition nurtured and encouraged by living close to Dublin's docks and quays, as well as his personal experience as a trans-Atlantic steward boy and sailor. As a marine artist, he is comparable with his contemporaries like the naval painter, Richard Brydges Beechey HRHA (1808-1895), George Mounsey Atkinson (1806-1884), and the later San Francisco-based painter William Coulter (1849-1936). Hayes first exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy* (RHA) in 1842, at the age of 22, after which he remained... Read full biography
Edwin Hayes RHA (1820-1904). The Irish watercolourist and marine painter Edwin Hayes was born in Bristol but grew up in Dublin. He studied drawing and painting at the Dublin Society Art School and set his sights on becoming a marine painter, an ambition nurtured and encouraged by living close to Dublin's docks and quays, as well as his personal experience as a trans-Atlantic steward boy and sailor. As a marine artist, he is comparable with his contemporaries like the naval painter, Richard Brydges Beechey HRHA (1808-1895), George Mounsey Atkinson (1806-1884), and the later San Francisco-based painter William Coulter (1849-1936). Hayes first exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy* (RHA) in 1842, at the age of 22, after which he remained painting in Dublin over the next ten years. Then, in 1852, he went to London to paint under the scene artist Telbin. In 1... Read full biography
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Edwin Hayes RHA (1820-1904)
The Irish watercolourist and marine painter Edwin Hayes was born in Bristol but grew up in Dublin. He studied drawing and painting at the Dublin Society Art School and set his sights on becoming a marine painter, an ambition nurtured and encouraged by living close to Dublin's docks and quays, as well as his personal experience as a trans-Atlantic steward boy and sailor. As a marine artist, he is comparable with his contemporaries like the naval painter, Richard Brydges Beechey HRHA (1808-1895), George Mounsey Atkinson (1806-1884), and the later San Francisco-based painter William Coulter (1849-1936).
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