William Edward Mayes

William Edward Mayes (1861 – April 12, 1952) was an English painter from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

His father was Master Mariner Captain John Mayes. He managed the Yarmouth Iron Works Foundry Co. Ltd. for over 20 years.[1]

He was a founding member of the "Yarmouth and Gorleston Art Society" in 1937. later known as the "Great Yarmouth and District Society of Artists." He attended the first meeting with C.A. Mellon as chairman.[2]

His primary medium was watercolour and most of his paintings are representational landscapes of Norfolk, particularly the Norfolk Broads,[3] in the style of fellow Broadlands painter Stephen John Batchelder.

He died aged 91.

References
  • Joe Carr, Curator, Great Yarmouth Museums, Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service
  1. "W.E.Mayes Norfolk Artist". paulinedodd. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  2. "Tudor Galleries » Artists » William Edward Mayes (1860 – 1952)". Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  3. David Buckman, Artists in Britain since 1945, Artist Biography M, Goldmark Gallery (2006), page 141.


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