Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 30th April 2018 at 6pm

12 Edwin Hayes RHA RI ( - ) The MuMbles lighThouse, swAnseA (1884) signed lower left and titled on reverse oil on canvas 31.5 x 51.5cm (12.40 x 20.28in) Provenance: William Rodman & Co., Belfast (label verso); Private Collection 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. Hayes first exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) in 1842, at the age of 22. He later moved to London in 1852 to paint under the scene artist Telbin. Hayes exhibited “View of the River Liffey and the Custom House” at the British Institution in 1854, and the following year he showed at the Royal Academy (RA), continuing to do so for nearly 50 years. In addition, Hayes exhibited at the Society of British Artists and at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, becoming an Associate in 1860 and a Member in 1863. Meanwhile, Hayes continued submitting to the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) to which he was elected an associate member in 1853 and a member in 1871. €1,500-2,500 (£1,304-2,173)