William Edward Mayes
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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
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- ↑ David Buckman, Artists in Britain since 1945, Artist Biography M, Goldmark Gallery (2006), page 141.
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