Edwin Hayes1819 - 1904

Edwin Hayes was born in Bristol but spent much of his childhood living in Dublin. Growing up next to the city's busy ports, a love of the sea was firmly imbedded in the artist and he sought to experience it at its rawest. An avid sailor in his youth, Hayes used his knowledge to gain employment as a stewards boy on a ship bound for America and the glory of the Atlantic was laid bare before him. Arguably, this hands-on approach is what enabled Edwin Hayes to create superlative works, with each pa Read more