Ernest Columba Hayes: career timeline

1914–1978 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 31 of 49 lots (62% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Ernest Columba Hayes: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1930s	6	3	$1kSign up	Oil
1940s	4	2	$467Sign up	Watercolor
1950s	1	1	$1kSign up	Oil
1960s	8	6	$457Sign up	Oil
1970s	10	5	$157Sign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 6 works

Sold: 3 of 6
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 14.5 in (46 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Drawing (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1932 THE HAYSHED and THE BARN (A PAIR)$734Sign up
1936 LIGHT ON THE HAYSTACKS$2.2kSign up · sold 2×
1937 SELF PORTRAITUnsold
1938 PAIR OF STUDIES FOR "BEFORE THE GAME" (or "THE COLISEUM")Unsold
1938 NUDE$1kSign up
1939 SELF PORTRAITUnsold

1940s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $467Sign up
Average: $467Sign up
Typical size: 13 × 12 in (33 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Landscapes (1)

c. 1940 STUDY FOR "SLAVES IN THE FORUM", c.1940 and A COLLECTION OF EARLY FIGURE DRAWINGS$367Sign up
1940 SELF PORTRAITUnsold
1941 PORTRAIT OF EITHNE McNALLYUnsold
c. 1942 CUSTOM'S HOUSE FROM CITY QUAY [1933] and LANDSCAPE, NORTH COUNTY DUBLIN$567Sign up

1950s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 24 in (76 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1950 SEPTEMBER WIND, 1950s$1kSign up

1960s 8 works

Sold: 6 of 8
Median: $457Sign up
Average: $550Sign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 13 in (24 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6), Other (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (2)

1960 STILL LIFE$525Sign up
1961 STUDY FOR "THE BLUE WINDOW"$840Sign up
1963 VOLENDAM$389Sign up · sold 2×
1963 GARDEN$1kSign up
1963 FISHING SMACKS, VOLENDAMUnsold
1964 LANDSCAPE WITH PINK FLOWERS$262Sign up
1968 ROOFS, VERONAUnsold
1969 NORMA, ITALY$236Sign up

1970s 10 works

Sold: 5 of 10
Median: $157Sign up
Average: $379Sign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 11 in (29 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (5), Oil (3), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Sunsets & night (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

c. 1970 SOUTHERN MORNING, ITALY$152Sign up
1970 SELF PORTRAIT, 1937 and STUDY FOR "DEEP SOUTH"Unsold
1970 STUDY FOR "DEEP SOUTH"Unsold
1971 STUDY FOR "TOWER LEMBECK", GERMANYUnsold
1973 THE PASSING DAYUnsold
1975 STUDY FOR "THE EVENING HOUR"$157Sign up
1975 LA MODER (FISHERMAN ON A RIVER), 1975 and STUDY FOR "FRINGE OF THE MEADOW", 1976 (A PAIR)Unsold
1975 GARDEN CORNER, ARTIST'S HOME$420Sign up
1977 YOUNG TREE$1kSign up
1978 THE ARTIST'S LAST DRAWING$118Sign up

Creation date not recorded

18 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 18 in (41 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2003 COUNTRY COTTAGE WITH BLUE SHUTTERS$1.8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 13 works

Sold: 8 of 13
Median: $564Sign up
Average: $544Sign up
Typical size: 17 × 14 in (43 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Oil (10), Drawing (2), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (7), Sea & coast (1), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2012 A PORTFOLIO OF PORTRAITS, LANDSCAPES AND MARITIME WORKS$748Sign up
sold 2012 COLLECTION OF LANDSCAPE, MARINE & STILL LIFE SKETCHES$630Sign up
sold 2012 COLLECTION OF 54 SKETCHES FROM LATE 1940s - LATE 1960s$603Sign up
sold 2012 COLLECTION OF PORTRAIT SKETCHES$315Sign up
sold 2012 STILL LIFE WITH JAMESON BOTTLE and A COLLECTION OF SKETCHES$315Sign up
sold 2012 STANDING WOMAN IN RED SHAWL AND TWO OTHER FIGURE STUDIES IN OIL$525Sign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2012 LANDSCAPE WITH HAYSTACKS$262Sign up
sold 2012 PARKGATE, CHESHIREUnsold
sold 2012 FIGURE OF A LADY IN A LANDSCAPEUnsold
sold 2012 STUDIES FOR PORTRAITS OF THE ARTIST'S WIFE, HILDEGARDUnsold
sold 2012 PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S WIFE, HILDEGARD HAYESUnsold
sold 2012 THE ARTIST'S FATHERUnsold

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 1 of 4
Median: $564Sign up
Average: $564Sign up
Typical size: 15 × 13.5 in (38 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Watercolor (1), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2021 PORTRAIT OF MISS ROINOLA WALLACE$564Sign up
sold 2022 A COLLECTION OF SKETCHESUnsold
sold 2024 A STORMY DAYUnsold
sold 2025 Irelands EyeUnsold

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Ernest Columba Hayes auction results →