IMPORTANT IRISH ART

Wednesday 5th December 2018 6:00pm

Click on image to open full size.

Additional Image
Additional Image
Additional Image
Additional Image

Edwin Hayes RHA RI ROI (1819-1904)
A Merchantman Heaving -To and Calling for a Pilot as She Approaches Harbour
Oil on canvas, 104 x 139cm (41 x 54¾'')
Signed


Edwin Hayes was born in...

Edwin Hayes RHA RI ROI (1819-1904)
A Merchantman Heaving -To and Calling for a Pilot as She Approaches Harbour
Oil on canvas, 104 x 139cm (41 x 54¾'')
Signed


Edwin Hayes was born in Bristol in 1820 but brought up in Dublin where his father ran the Bristol and Glasgow Hotel in Marlborough Street. He studied at the Dublin Societys Schools and from the very first his ambition was to be a marine painter. His experiences as a pleasure sailor on the Irish Sea and also as a hand on a trans-Atlantic vessel stood him in good stead in his future art, as Walter Strickland noted his experiences enabled him in his pictures to delineate the sea and shipping with a sincerity and truth born of experience. Hayes first exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1842 and continued to exhibit there until his death in 1904, showing hundreds of paintings over that period. He remained in Dublin for ten years before moving to London. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, British Institution, Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, becoming a full member of the latter in 1863.

Hayes painted the shores and harbours of the British coast, the south coast fishing boats and French and Dutch luggers, and his visits to the coasts of France, Spain and Italy yielded him many subjects, not to mention many of the coasts around Ireland, particularly in the east. He died as he had wished, standing at his easel, aged eighty five.

View more View less

Hammer Price: €13,000

Estimate EUR : €8,000 - €12,000

All bids are placed in Euros (€)

Please note that by submitting a bid you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions

Close

Sign In