About Gertrude Hayes
Lived 1872 – 1956 (aged 83–84). Gertrude Hayes was a British artist.
Getrude Ellen Hayes' etching The library with old bookcases, Cheltenham.
Gertrude Ellen Hayes (1872–1956) was a British artist known for her etchings, watercolour paintings, and repoussee metal work. Her etchings often featured architectural scenes of buildings or streets.
Biography Hayes was born in London. She attended the Royal College of Art and was later an instructor at the Rugby School. She married artist Alfred Kedington Morgan and took the married name Gertrude Ellen Morgan.
Hayes was a Prix de Rome scholar. She became the first woman to ever be elected to the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers.
Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Auckland Art Gallery.
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Who was Gertrude Hayes?
British artist (1872–1956)
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Gertrude Hayes was born in 1872.
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Gertrude Hayes died in 1956.
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Gertrude Hayes was an artist.
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Gertrude Hayes was British.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Gertrude Ellen Hayes
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