Colin Graham Frederick Hayes (1919–2003): A Landscape Painter Shaped by War and Academia Colin Graham Frederick Hayes RA was a British artist who left an indelible mark on the art world, primarily through his masterful depictions of landscapes—particularly those inspired by Greece, Tibet, and India—and crucially, as a transformative educator at the Royal College of Art (RCA). Born in London in 1919, Hayes’s artistic journey began within a family steeped in intellectual pursuits; his father was a mathematician and musicologist, while his mother practiced sculpture. This early exposure to dive…