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Lever, Hayley (Richard Hayley) American (1876

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Lever, Hayley (Richard Hayley) American (1876
Lever, Hayley (Richard Hayley) American (1876-1958) TUGBOAT, ST. IVES, CORNWALL ENGLAND oil on canvas signed: lower right, Hayley Lever, titled and dated verso, 1905. H10² W12² * History: Hayley Lever best known as a Post-Impressionist of Marine Scenes, he was active in St. Ives, England beginning Circa 1895. In 1911, Ernest Lawson persuaded him to emigrate to America. Later the Depression forced him to give up his home in Caldwell, NJ, he became director of the Studio Art Club, in Mr. Vernon, New York . Lever spent his summers at Gloucester, Massachusetts for twenty years. In addition to Caldwell, he painted in Manasquan, Woodstock, Nantucket, Vermont, and Mohegan Island. In later years his palette became more vibrant. Today Lever¹s painting can be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the White House, just to name a few.
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