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American sculptor, painter, and ceramics artist
David Vincent Hayes
Born (1931-03-15 ) March 15, 1931Died April 9, 2013(2013-04-09) (aged 82)Coventry, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality American Education University of Notre Dame, and Indiana University Known for Sculpture, Painting Spouse Julia Hayes (1934–2016)
[1] Awards Logan Prize for Sculpture, National Institute of Arts and Letters, Fulbright award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Albertus Magnus College
David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor.
Life
Hayes received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of Notre Dame in 1953, and a
M.F.A. degree from
Indiana University in 1955 where he studied with
David Smith .
He received a post-doctoral
Fulbright Award and a
Guggenheim Fellowship . He was a recipient of the
Logan Medal of the Arts for Sculpture and an award from the
National Institute of Arts and Letters . During his life, he had over 400 exhibitions
[2] and his work is included in some 100 institutional collections including those of the
Museum of Modern Art and the
Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
In 2007, he was conferred an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Albertus Magnus College.
Hayes resided in
Coventry, Connecticut , where he had 54 acres of land to exhibit his works
[1] on the grounds of the David Hayes Sculpture Fields, an open air art museum open to the public.
[2] He died of leukemia at his home there on April 9, 2013. He was 82.
[3]
[4]
In 2021, Hayes' work and grounds were the subject of an hour-long television broadcast shown on some 200 PBS stations nationwide produced by Legacy List with Matt Paxton.
[5]
Work in public collections
Source: David Hayes Art Foundation archives
[2]
United States
Detroit Institute of Arts ; Detroit, Michigan
Museum of Fine Arts ;
Houston , Texas
University of Michigan ;
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Arizona State University ;
Tempe, Arizona
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Fleming Museum,
University of Vermont ;
Burlington, Vermont
First National Bank of Chicago ; Chicago, Illinois
Columbus Museum of Art ;
Columbus, Ohio
University of Notre Dame ;
Notre Dame, Indiana
Indiana University ;
Bloomington, Indiana
Smithsonian American Art Museum ; Washington, D.C.
George Washington University ; Washington, D.C.
Wichita State University ;
Wichita, Kansas
Ohio Wesleyan University ;
Delaware, Ohio
Hunter Museum of American Art ;
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Wilbraham & Monson Academy ;
Wilbraham, Massachusetts
Westmoreland Museum of American Art ;
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Philbrook Museum of Art ;
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Western Michigan University ;
Kalamazoo, Michigan
James A. Michener Art Museum ;
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Hartwood Acres ;
Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
University of Kentucky ; Lexington, Kentucky
Dubuque Museum of Art ; Dubuque, Iowa
Muscatine Art Center ; Muscatine, Iowa
Connecticut
Albertus Magnus College ;
New Haven, Connecticut
Fairfield University Art Museum ; Fairfield, Connecticut
Hartford Public Library ;
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford Art School ;
West Hartford, Connecticut
Housatonic Museum of Art ;
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Manchester Community College ;
Manchester, Connecticut
New Britain Museum of American Art ;
New Britain, Connecticut
University of Connecticut ;
Storrs, Connecticut
University of Connecticut Health Center ;
Farmington, Connecticut
University of Hartford ; West Hartford, Connecticut
University of New Haven ;
West Haven, Connecticut
Wadsworth Atheneum ;
Hartford, Connecticut
Westminster School;
Simsbury, Connecticut
William Benton Museum of Art ; Storrs, Connecticut
Florida
Massachusetts
Addison Gallery of American Art ;
Andover, Massachusetts
Boston Public Library ;
Boston , Massachusetts
Brockton Art Center, Fuller Memorial;
Brockton, Massachusetts
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park ;
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Fitchburg Art Museum ;
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Gund Hall,
Harvard University ;
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts ;
Springfield, Massachusetts
Williams College Museum of Art ;
Williamstown, Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Elmira College ;
Elmira, New York
Emerson Gallery,
Hamilton College ;
Clinton, New York
Everson Museum of Art ;
Syracuse, New York
Harry Guggenheim Collection,
Nassau County Museum of Art ;
Sands Point, New York
National Trust for Historic Preservation , Nelson Rockefeller Collection;
Tarrytown, New York
Picker Art Gallery,
Colgate University ;
Hamilton, New York
University Art Museum , State University of New York;
Albany, New York
Yager Museum of Art & Culture ,
Oneonta, New York
New York City
Europe
Solo exhibitions
Source: David Hayes Art Foundation archives
[2]
2008
2007
[12]
2005
1959
[12]
1958
References
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a
b Susan Dunne (February 17, 2013)
"Coventry Sculptor Back Among His Outdoor Creations" , Hartford Courant . Retrieved March 12, 2016.
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d
e David Hayes Art Foundation archives
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"David Hayes at Kouros Gallery" . Archived from
the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2011 .
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"Sculptor David Hayes Dies - Hartford Courant" . www.courant.com . Archived from
the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2022 .
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"MLL" .
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"The Collection | MoMA" .
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https://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/docs/press_archives/2463/releases/MOMA_1959_0029.pdf [
bare URL PDF ]
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"Torso, (sculpture)" . SIRIS
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http://hirshhorn.si.edu/visit/collection_object.asp?key=32&subkey=8210 [
permanent dead link ]
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"SculptSite.com: David M. Hayes Sculpture" . Archived from
the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011 .
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"David Hayes in White Plains" .
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b
c
"David Hayes One Man Exhibitions" . www.davidhayes.com . Retrieved March 1, 2024 .
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"Art around Erie Public Sculpture Exhibition by David Hayes" . Archived from
the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011 .
External links
Official website
"David Vincent Hayes (1931 – )" , Askart
"Hayes, David, 1931– , sculptor" . SIRIS. Retrieved August 14, 2011 .
[1] , Museum of Modern Art archives: David V. Hayes, American, 1931–2013.
[2] , Connecticut Sculptor David Hayes Transformed Steel into Art, Diane Orson interview on WNPR.
[3] , Legacy List with Matt Paxton: "You Gotta Have Art."
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