Date: 22nd May 2025, start time 10:00am
Please note: This auction (including viewing & collections) takes place at our Penzance saleroom
We are honoured to present this auction celebrating the singular vision of Patrick Hayman - an artist whose work defies easy classification and rewards deep contemplation. Hayman’s art emerges from an intensely personal and imaginative world, shaped by myth, poetry, and an unwavering commitment to inner truth. Through a rich array of small-scale paintings, drawings, constructions, and verse, he constructed a symbolic language of his own - one he continued to refine over the course of many years.
Although fiercely individual, Hayman was a vital figure in the post-war Cornish art scene. He exhibited widely throughout his long and prolific career and earned the admiration of contemporaries such as Barbara Hepworth and Peter Lanyon, who recognised in him a fellow seeker - an artist of rare authenticity and vision.
This collection offers a glimpse into Hayman’s compelling inner landscape, inviting viewers to engage with works that are as enigmatic as they are intimate. We are delighted to share this thought-provoking body of work and hope it brings you as much fascination and inspiration as it has brought us.
If, like us, you were not so familiar with Hayman, we hope you enjoy stepping into his world through this collection. We also invite you to learn more about the artist in our blog post: Patrick Hayman; Painter, Poet & Publisher (1915-1988), Works from a Visionary Artist.
Viewing times
Saturday 17th May 9am to 1pm, and Monday 19th, Tuesday 20th, and Wednesday 21st May 2025, 9am to 5pm.
Please enter your email address below, we will send you a notification email when the sale is available to view online.
Lot 5 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) Young Woman with a Child on a Sofa, 1962/63
Lot 6 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) Still Life on a White Cloth, 1968
Lot 10 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) For Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1986
Lot 11 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) Still Life with Flowers, 1949
Lot 13 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) Mountie with Pennant, 1980
Lot 14 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) Salome with the Head of John The Baptist, 1976
Lot 21 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) Sand Dunes and Autumn Sea, Norfolk, 1957
Lot 24 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) Fantasy/By a Rough Sea, 1979
Lot 28 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) St Francis with Wolf & Bird, 1987
Lot 29 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) The Three Witches (From Macbeth), 1971
Lot 30 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) View of a Beach at Night, 1953
Lot 34 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) Lionel & Prue (Mevagissey), 1948
Lot 35 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) An Amazon Defending Herself Against a Dragon, 1969
Lot 39 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) Anubis - The Jackal in the Forest, 1987
Lot 40 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) Knight, Death and the Angel, 1962
Lot 44 - § Patrick HAYMAN (1915-1988) Portrait of the Artist's Wife, 1957