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Edwin Hayes (Ireland/England, 1819-1904) oil on canvas seascape depicting ships off a coastline, navigating choppy waters. Figures in rowboats, foreground, row away from a boat that appears to have capsized. Signed “Edwin Hayes, RHA” lower right. Sight: 11 3/8 in. H x 21 3/16 in. W. Framed: 16 in. H x 26 in. W. 19th century. Biographical Note: Marine painter Edwin Hayes was born in 1819 in Bristol and raised in Dublin, dividing his youth between art school and the sea. He first exhibited with the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1842. He became an associate in 1853 and member in 1871. Hayes moved to London in 1852 and exhibited at the British Institution in 1854 and Royal Academy beginning in 1855, along with many other venues including the Grosvenor Gallery as well as international exhibitions. He became an associate in the New Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1860 and a member 1863. Hayes held a solo exhibition at Dowdeswells in 1888. A father of 11 children, he died standing at his easel in London in 1904. (Adapted from Dr. Jan Marsh, Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue, National Portrait Gallery)
PROVENANCE: Private Nashville collection.
CONDITION: Canvas has been lined. Faint vertical abrasion without loss extends through center of painting, 10 in. L. With scattered retouching throughout sky and to frame abrasions, largest area to center left edge, 3 in. x 1/2 in. See UV photography.
