Train Station in Snow
by Hayley Lever (1876–1958)17⅞ x 24¼ inches
Signed lower left: Hayley Lever
Provenance
Plaza Art Galleries, Inc., New York, New York
Angela Gross Folk, ca. 1980s
Estate of above
Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, July 20, 2023, lot 494, from above
Private collection, New York, New York, acquired from above
Related Work
Riverside Drive and 72nd Street, 1913, oil on canvas; The National Arts Club, New York, New York
Artist Biography
A skilled painter of Post-Impressionist marine and seaport scenes.
By Chelsea DeLay
Art is the re-creation of mood in line, form and color.
—Hayley Lever
I. Biography
II. Chronology
III. Collections
IV. Exhibitions
V. Memberships
VI. Suggested Resources
VII. Notes
I. Biography
Richard Hayley Lever was born on September 28, 1876 in the South Australian town of Adelaide. During his youth, Lever attended Prince Alfred College, where his rudimentary artistic talent caught the eye of art instructor James Ashton. A painter himself, Ashton became a faculty mentor to Lever, instilling in him an appreciation for draftsmanship and drawing.[2] After his graduation in 1891, Lever made up his mind to
