Fahey, Edward Henry (1844-1907; English)

Works included in this catalogue
* Fahey Sea Fog blowing over Oulton Broad 1887 {1892} Loc? [PA]
Fahey The Farm 1890 {1892} NGV [WT]

Fahey, the son of landscape painter James Fahey (1804-85), is described in NGV 1894 and 1905 as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colours.

Both works in the pre-Felton NGV were bought from the 1892 Anglo-Australian Exhibition held in Melbourne. Other examples appear occasionally at auction in England.

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For other examples of Fahey’s work, see http://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Edward-Henry-Fahey/A5B2B170854ECA31, http://www.invaluable.com/artist/fahey-edward-henry-f6lrlmturf and http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/edward-henry-fahey. Mallalieu (1976), p.96, observes, equivocally enough, that “his work can be very pretty”; see also Bénézit 5, pp.411-12 and AKL 36 (2003), p.222