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86 114 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 (GZLQ +D\HV ZDV ERUQ LQb%ULVWRO LQ EXW EURXJKW XS LQb'XEOLQ ZKHUH KLV IDWKHU UDQ WKH %ULVWRO DQG *ODVJRZ +RWHO LQ 0DUOERURXJK 6WUHHW +H VWXGLHG DW WKHb'XEOLQ 6RFLHW\ȇV 6FKRROVbDQG IURP WKH YHU\ ȴUVW KLV DPELWLRQ ZDV WR EH D PDULQH 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.’ +D\HV ȴUVW H[KLELWHG DW WKH 5R\DO +LEHUQLDQ $FDGHP\ LQ DQG FRQWLQXHG WR H[KLELW WKHUH XQWLO KLV GHDWK LQ showing hundreds of paintings over that period. He remained in Dublin for ten years before moving to London. He also H[KLELWHG DW WKHb5R\DO $FDGHP\ RI $UWV b%ULWLVK ΖQVWLWXWLRQ b6RFLHW\ RI %ULWLVK $UWLVWVbDQG WKHb5R\DO ΖQVWLWXWH RI 3DLQWHUV in Watercolours, becoming a full member of the latter in 1863. Hayes painted the shores and harbours of the British FRDVW WKH VRXWK FRDVW ȴVKLQJ ERDWV DQG )UHQFK DQG 'XWFK OXJJHUV DQG KLV YLVLWV WR WKH FRDVWV RI )UDQFH 6SDLQ DQG ΖWDO\ yielded him many subjects, not to mention many of the coasts around Ireland, particularly in the east. He died as he had ZLVKHG VWDQGLQJ DW KLV HDVHO DJHG HLJKW\ ȴYH € 8,000 - 12,000