Charles Robertson

Two English watercolours, Norfolk Windmill; Fishermen mending nets on the shore

Circa 1880

A very attractive rural scene of a fisherman and his dog on a riverbank, in very good colour and an appealing composition. Claude Hayes (1852-1922) A fisherman and his dog by a riverbank Signed Watercolour with touches of pencil 6½ x 10 inches, image only 13 x 16 inches with the frame Claude Hayes was a Dublin born painter who to avoid his father's wish to make a businessman of him ran away to sea and served on the Golden Fleece, one of the transports used in the Abyssinian expedition of 1867-68, and also spent a year in the United States. Returning to London, he studied art at Heatherley's and the Royal Academy Schools, and then in Antwerp, under Charles Verlat. He worked in Hampshire with James Aumonier and also in Surrey with William Charles Estall, whose sister he married. Hayes exhibited widely in London and provincial centres, and was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1886, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1883, and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, 1902. He also showed at the RA, RBSA, Brook Street Art Gallery, Dudley Gallery, FAS, GI, Grosvenor Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, MAFA, RBA, RHA, Ridley Art Club, RSW and Walker's Gallery, London. In 1912, Claude Hayes represented England at the Venice Biennale. His work is in various public collections in England and Ireland including the Ulster Museum, Museums Sheffield, Torre Abbey Museum and the Leeds City Art Gallery. His father was the artist Edwin Hayes.

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A dramatic 19th Century watercolor painted by a competent hand in the style of David Cox the Elder. A spirited scene with weather-beaten figures on the waterfront looking out to sail...

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Signed to the lower right. Presented in a swept gilt frame and gold card mount. On paper.

Fine original watercolour by the Dutch painter Louis Van Staaten, also known as Hermanus II Koekkoek (1836-1909). Signed lower right. Presented in a smart silver coloured frame with ...

This pastoral scene captures the rustic charm of a countryside landscape, with a weathered windmill as the focal point against a warm, hazy sky. The painting's composition skilfully ...