Edwin Hayes (1819 - 1904)

Edwin Hayes

Edwin Hayes was an English and Irish marine painter, a member of the Royal Institution of Painters and Aquarists, and of the Royal Academy of Arts.

He studied art at the Dublin Society School of Art. A voyage across the Atlantic in his youth made an indelible impression on Hayes: his work invariably depicted ships and boats on the high seas. Over the course of his life, Hayes produced many seascapes, each with its own unique beauty.

His son Claude Hayes (1852-1922) was also a famous landscape and portrait painter.