Thames at Kew
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About the work
- Location
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Country: Bangladesh
City: Dhaka
Place: High Commission
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About the artist
Colin Hayes was born in 1919 in London and read Modern History at Christ Church, Oxford. Whilst at Oxford, Hayes also attended art classes at the Ruskin School of Drawing. At the outbreak of war in 1939, Hayes volunteered and served in the Royal Engineers. He was invalided out of the Army in 1945. Hayes's first major solo exhibition was at Marlborough Fine Arts in London. During the 1950s he was part of a group of tutors who transformed the Royal College of Art into a leading force in English art education. Among his many students were Bridget Riley, Peter Blake, R.B. Kitaj, David Hockney and Frank Auerbach. He retired in 1984 and remained an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College until his death in 2003.
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Explore
- Places
- England, Surrey, River Thames, London, Kew
- Subjects
- topography, townscape/cityscape, tree, river, man, path, house
- Materials & Techniques
- board, oil, oil painting
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Details
- Artist
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Colin Hayes (1919 - 2004)
- Title
- Thames at Kew
- Date
- Medium
- Oil on board
- Dimensions
- height: 40.80 cm, width: 76.50 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Agnew, November 1953
- Inscription
- br: Hayes
- Provenance
- With Agnew’s Gallery, London; from whom purchased in November 1953
- GAC number
- 2382