An artist’s legacy: Sculptor David Hayes featured on PBS series ‘Legacy List’
Updated Mar 06, 2021;
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During his life, David Hayes created in all mediums. Acrylic paintings, gouaches, wood cuts, ceramics, stained glass, prints and etchings.
Steel, however, stood out as his distinct favorite. Considered one of the great American sculptors, his steel structures dotted downtown Syracuse for a time, planted outside of the Everson Museum of Art as well as Columbus Circle, City Hall and the Museum of Science and Technology.
“It’s durable, as opposed to wood, which eventually is going to rot away,” said Hayes’ son, also named David Hayes. “The steel, if it’s kept properly, will last for several hundred years.”
Matt and his team check out David Hayes studio in this week s
Legacy List with Matt Paxton.
Finding the best way to honor and preserve a parent’s legacy can be overwhelming for any family. For the children of artist David Hayes - an American modern master - celebrating his distinguished body of work takes on national significance.
American sculptor, David Hayes
Hayes died in 2013, leaving an early-eighteenth century farmhouse in Coventry, Connecticut where he and his wife raised a family. The David Hayes Art Foundation plans to turn the fifty-four acre property into an indoor/outdoor art exhibit, featuring dozens of Hayes’ modern steel sculptures and mobiles scattered throughout the woods and meadows.
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In the fifth episode of the second season of Legacy List with Matt Paxton, host Matt Paxton explores the estate of sculptor David Hayes in Coventry, Conn.Courtesy of Virginia Public MediaShow MoreShow Less
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In the fifth episode of the second season of Legacy List with Matt Paxton, host Matt Paxton explores the estate of sculptor David Hayes in Coventry, Conn.Courtesy of Virginia Public MediaShow MoreShow Less
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In the fifth episode of the second season of Legacy List with Matt Paxton, host Matt Paxton explores the estate of sculptor David Hayes in Coventry, Conn.Courtesy of Virginia Public MediaShow MoreShow Less