{"title":"Leigh Hyams","description":"\u003ctable width=\"100%\" id=\"t01\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/charles-hutson\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fas fa-angle-left\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Previous Artist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cappi-insinna\"\u003eNext Artist \u003ci class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLeigh Hyams (1926-2013)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/IMG_3241_480x480.jpg?v=1760042922\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!--Start tab labels--\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab1\" class=\"active\"\u003eThe Art\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab2\"\u003eBiography\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!--Start tab content--\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab1\" class=\"active\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/IMG_0311_240x240.jpg?v=1760042955\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\nLeigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams (1926-2013), was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned more than half a century and several continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Hyams’ figurative paintings reflected the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the painterly language of Richard Diebenkorn, while her abstractions revealed affinities with the lyrical sensibility of Georgia O’Keeffe and the spiritual abstraction of Mark Tobey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, \u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e named Hyams one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside other emerging figures such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. A decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s class assistant at the Fine Arts Institute of New College in Florida. \n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 10px; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/IMG_1678_240x240.jpg?v=1761940211\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eWriting in 1996, the eminent art historian Peter Selz observed:\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e“Hyams has created landscape paintings that are unique fusions of acute observation and imaginative fantasy. Her paintings, visionary statements about nature’s creative and destructive forces, are contemporary realizations of the romantic tradition of the Sublime.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/hyams_240x240.jpg?v=1765573677\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\nBorn April 22, 1926, in Papillion, Nebraska, Hyams was the daughter of Mae (Baxter) and Ralph Nickerson. She studied art at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, earning her B.F.A. at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and completed her M.F.A. at the Instituto Allende of the University of Guanajuato, Mexico. She pursued postgraduate work at New College Fine Arts Institute in Sarasota, Florida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the years, her subjects ranged from European megaliths and Mayan temples to Brazilian rainforests, Yosemite waterfalls, and large-scale imaginary flowers. Her massive ink paintings of Pre-Columbian megaliths and cultural objects are like nothing we have ever seen before. They are grand and heroic. She painted dogs, cows, family portraits, and folk traditions of Mexico, translating her surroundings into fluid, intuitive forms. “I am driven,” she wrote, “by a passion for what frees us, what makes us aware of a deeper reality, and brings us closer to the universe around us—and the one inside ourselves.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/IMG_3242_240x240.jpg?v=1760043016\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\nHyams’ drawings, paintings, and artist’s books are represented in the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Oakland Museum of California Art, the Des Moines Art Center, the Joslyn Art Museum, the Palácio Imperial in Curitiba, Brazil, and the University of California, Irvine, as well as numerous private collections across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. Her museum exhibitions included solo shows at the Paco Imperial Center for Contemporary Art in Rio de Janeiro and El Museo de la Ciudad de Santiago Querétaro in Querétaro, Mexico. She was represented by Meridian Gallery in San Francisco for many years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/IMG_3243_240x240.jpg?v=1760043049\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\nA deeply beloved teacher, Hyams taught at San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, John F. Kennedy University, the California College of Arts and Crafts, and the University of California, Berkeley Extension. Her teaching extended far beyond academia: she led workshops in mental institutions, Athabaskan villages in Alaska, and international retreat centers such as Esalen Institute in Big Sur and La Serranía in Mallorca, Spain. For many years, she also led international art tours for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, inspiring generations of artists to see the world through a painter’s eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHyams published \u003ci\u003eHow Painting Holds Me on the Earth: Writings of a Maverick Painter and Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e and produced the video \u003ci\u003eMaking Marks: On the Excitement and Importance of Making Art\u003c\/i\u003e, both testaments to her lifelong advocacy for creativity as a spiritual practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarried first to her college sweetheart, Navy pilot Robert Bolling, with whom she had two sons, Jan and Kris, she lived on military bases in Hawaii, Alaska, Texas, and Rhode Island before divorcing him and moving to Mexico, where she lived for four years. She later married New York City artist Ralph Hyams, becoming stepmother to his two sons, Nicholas and Charles. They lived in an unheated loft above a flower shop in Chelsea before moving to Sarasota, Florida, where together they ran the education department at the Ringling Museum of Art and had a daughter, Gina. After her divorce, she changed her first name from Martha to Leigh and relocated to San Francisco with her young daughter, where she built her career as a painter and teacher from 1974-2000. During those decades she was exposed to the Bay Area Figurative paintings of Richard Diebenkorn, David Park and Joan Brown and the canvases she created echo their fascination with the blurred line between abstraction and figuration. These are thrilling paintings. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHyams’ paintings stand as luminous meditations on the natural and spiritual worlds. Her expressive brushwork, bold use of color, and sensitive observation unite in images that are at once intimate and expansive. Drawing from the traditions of Romanticism, Abstract Expressionism and the Sublime, she sought to reveal not just what she saw, but what she felt—the living pulse within landscape, animal, human and form. Through her deeply personal vision, Leigh Hyams created art that celebrates the mystery, vitality, and interconnectedness of all life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe would like to thank Leigh’s daughter, Gina Hyams, son-in-law Dave Barrett and granddaughter Annalena Barrett for bringing Leigh’s work and story to us. Dave and Annalena literally hand-delivered all of the pieces from New Mexico all the way to San Francisco with great love and care. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eView All\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e_\u003c\/span\u003e|\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e_\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\/available?sort_by=\"\u003eView Available\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e_\u003c\/span\u003e|\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e_\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\/sold?sort_by=\"\u003eView Sold\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"c8480","title":"zz- \u003ci\u003eSink\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1969 Oil \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8480","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntitled \u003cem\u003eSink\u003c\/em\u003e, this 1969 oil on canvas painting is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. Her abstract interpretations of natural and cultural forms reveal affinities with the lyrical sensitivity of Georgia O’Keeffe and the spiritual abstraction of Mark Tobey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting in 1996, the eminent art historian Peter Selz (UC Berkeley) observed: “Hyams has created landscape paintings that are unique fusions of acute observation and imaginative fantasy. Her paintings, visionary statements about nature’s creative and destructive forces, are contemporary realizations of the romantic tradition of the Sublime.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost Art Salon is honored to have collaborated with Leigh’s daughter, Gina, to reintroduce these monumental and exuberant works to the public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote: Early paintings may bear signatures using her given name (Martha) or surnames from her family (Nickerson) and first marriage (Bolling).\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1969 \u003cbr\u003eOil on Canvas \u003cbr\u003e23.5\"x24.5\" unframed \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTitled and dated on the back, signed and dated lower right. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Her paintings, visionary statements about nature’s creative and destructive forces, are contemporary realizations of the romantic tradition of the Sublime.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost Art Salon is honored to have collaborated with Leigh’s daughter, Gina, to reintroduce these monumental and exuberant works to the public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote: Early paintings may bear signatures using her given name (Martha) or surnames from her family (Nickerson) and first marriage (Bolling).\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate 20th Century \u003cbr\u003eWatercolor \u0026amp; Pastel on Paper \u003cbr\u003e33.25\"x25.5\" framed, 30\"x22.25\" unframed \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned lower right. Framed floating in a contemporary wood frame with a striped gold finish using archival matting and spacers behind conservation clear glass. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Excellent vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455840698585,"sku":"C8758","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/C8758_0.jpg?v=1762207504"},{"product_id":"c8759","title":"String in a Bundle \u003cbr\u003e1973 Charcoal \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8759","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 1973 charcoal on paper drawing is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Good vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455960498393,"sku":"C8759","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/C8759_3.jpg?v=1762214683"},{"product_id":"c8761","title":"Zebras in a Line \u003cbr\u003e1966 Woodblock \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8761","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 1966 woodblock on paper is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Good vintage condition; minor wrinkling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462283968729,"sku":"C8766","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/C8766_3.jpg?v=1762288848"},{"product_id":"c8767","title":"\u003ci\u003eMountain \u0026 Cloud\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1988 Ink \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8767","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntitled \u003cem\u003eMountain \u0026amp; Cloud\u003c\/em\u003e, this 1988 ink on paper abstracted landscape is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Excellent vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462288752857,"sku":"C8767","price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/C8767_3.jpg?v=1762289105"},{"product_id":"c8768","title":"\u003ci\u003eTemple of Apollo, Corinth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1985 Watercolor \u0026 Graphite \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8768","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntitled \u003cem\u003eTemple of Apollo, Corinth\u003c\/em\u003e, this 1985 watercolor and graphite on paper Greek landscape is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Excellent vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47472066101465,"sku":"C8780","price":445.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/C8780_0.jpg?v=1762465128"},{"product_id":"c8782","title":"\u003ci\u003eBlue Pond - Night\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1996 Gouache \u0026 Pastel \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8782","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntitled \u003cem\u003eBlue Pond - Night\u003c\/em\u003e, 1996 gouache and pastel on paper is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Her paintings, visionary statements about nature’s creative and destructive forces, are contemporary realizations of the romantic tradition of the Sublime.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost Art Salon is honored to have collaborated with Leigh’s daughter, Gina, to reintroduce these monumental and exuberant works to the public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote: Early paintings may bear signatures using her given name (Martha) or surnames from her family (Nickerson) and first marriage (Bolling).\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1996 \u003cbr\u003eGouache \u0026amp; Pastel on Paper \u003cbr\u003e26\"x21\" unframed \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned lower right, dated and titled on the back. Excellent vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47472067838169,"sku":"C8782","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/C8782_0.jpg?v=1762465325"},{"product_id":"c8783","title":"\u003ci\u003eSpirit Sights\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e20th Century Graphite \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8783","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntitled \u003cem\u003eSpirit Sights\u003c\/em\u003e, this late 20th century graphite on paper storyboard drawing is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Her paintings, visionary statements about nature’s creative and destructive forces, are contemporary realizations of the romantic tradition of the Sublime.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost Art Salon is honored to have collaborated with Leigh’s daughter, Gina, to reintroduce these monumental and exuberant works to the public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote: Early paintings may bear signatures using her given name (Martha) or surnames from her family (Nickerson) and first marriage (Bolling).\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate 20th Century \u003cbr\u003eGraphite on Paper \u003cbr\u003e24\"x16.25\" unframed \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned and titled at the bottom. Excellent vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47472070754521,"sku":"C8783","price":545.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/C8783_0.jpg?v=1762465547"},{"product_id":"c8785","title":"\u003ci\u003ePilancon\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2003 Gouache \u0026 Pastel \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8785","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntitled \u003cem\u003ePilancon\u003c\/em\u003e, this 2003 gouache and pastel on paper abstract is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. Her abstract interpretations of natural and cultural forms reveal affinities with the lyrical sensitivity of Georgia O’Keeffe and the spiritual abstraction of Mark Tobey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting in 1996, the eminent art historian Peter Selz (UC Berkeley) observed: “Hyams has created landscape paintings that are unique fusions of acute observation and imaginative fantasy. Her paintings, visionary statements about nature’s creative and destructive forces, are contemporary realizations of the romantic tradition of the Sublime.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost Art Salon is honored to have collaborated with Leigh’s daughter, Gina, to reintroduce these monumental and exuberant works to the public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote: Early paintings may bear signatures using her given name (Martha) or surnames from her family (Nickerson) and first marriage (Bolling).\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2003 \u003cbr\u003eGouache \u0026amp; Pastel on Paper \u003cbr\u003e30\"x22\" unframed \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned lower right; dated and titled on the back. Excellent vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47472087728345,"sku":"C8785","price":745.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/C8785_0.jpg?v=1762466380"},{"product_id":"c8788","title":"\u003ci\u003eAlaska\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1954 Watercolor \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8788","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntitled \u003cem\u003eAlaska\u003c\/em\u003e, this 1954 watercolor on paper scene is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. Her abstract interpretations of natural and cultural forms reveal affinities with the lyrical sensitivity of Georgia O’Keeffe and the spiritual abstraction of Mark Tobey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting in 1996, the eminent art historian Peter Selz (UC Berkeley) observed: “Hyams has created landscape paintings that are unique fusions of acute observation and imaginative fantasy. Her paintings, visionary statements about nature’s creative and destructive forces, are contemporary realizations of the romantic tradition of the Sublime.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost Art Salon is honored to have collaborated with Leigh’s daughter, Gina, to reintroduce these monumental and exuberant works to the public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote: Early paintings may bear signatures using her given name (Martha) or surnames from her family (Nickerson) and first marriage (Bolling).\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1954 \u003cbr\u003eWatercolor on Paper \u003cbr\u003e16\"x12\" unframed \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned and dated lower left. Good vintage condition; pinholes, minor wear and age toning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47472107290841,"sku":"C8788","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/C8788_0.jpg?v=1762466578"},{"product_id":"c8789","title":"\u003ci\u003eMountain Path\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e20th Century Gouache \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8789","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntitled \u003cem\u003eMountain Path\u003c\/em\u003e, this late 20th century gouache on paper scene is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Excellent vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487004082393,"sku":"C8864","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/C8864_0.jpg?v=1762804400"},{"product_id":"c8866","title":"\u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1973 Acrylic \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8866","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntitled \u003cem\u003eSelf-Portrait\u003c\/em\u003e, this 1973 acrylic on canvas painting is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. Her abstract interpretations of natural and cultural forms reveal affinities with the lyrical sensitivity of Georgia O’Keeffe and the spiritual abstraction of Mark Tobey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting in 1996, the eminent art historian Peter Selz (UC Berkeley) observed: “Hyams has created landscape paintings that are unique fusions of acute observation and imaginative fantasy. Her paintings, visionary statements about nature’s creative and destructive forces, are contemporary realizations of the romantic tradition of the Sublime.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost Art Salon is honored to have collaborated with Leigh’s daughter, Gina, to reintroduce these monumental and exuberant works to the public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote: Early paintings may bear signatures using her given name (Martha) or surnames from her family (Nickerson) and first marriage (Bolling).\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1973 \u003cbr\u003eAcrylic on Canvas \u003cbr\u003e32\"x50\" unframed \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned and dated lower right. Excellent vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487010078937,"sku":"C8866","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/C8866_0.jpg?v=1762804550"},{"product_id":"c8895","title":"\u003ci\u003eJan Gunman Seated\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1970 Acrylic \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8895","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntitled \u003cem\u003eJan Gunman Seated\u003c\/em\u003e, this 1970 acrylic on canvas painting is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. Her abstract interpretations of natural and cultural forms reveal affinities with the lyrical sensitivity of Georgia O’Keeffe and the spiritual abstraction of Mark Tobey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting in 1996, the eminent art historian Peter Selz (UC Berkeley) observed: “Hyams has created landscape paintings that are unique fusions of acute observation and imaginative fantasy. Her paintings, visionary statements about nature’s creative and destructive forces, are contemporary realizations of the romantic tradition of the Sublime.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost Art Salon is honored to have collaborated with Leigh’s daughter, Gina, to reintroduce these monumental and exuberant works to the public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote: Early paintings may bear signatures using her given name (Martha) or surnames from her family (Nickerson) and first marriage (Bolling).\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1970 \u003cbr\u003eAcrylic on Canvas \u003cbr\u003e42\"x63\" unframed \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInitialed and dated upper left. Excellent vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leigh Hyams (1926-2013)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487494258905,"sku":"C8895","price":7450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2419\/6295\/files\/C8895_0_7424bc7b-6eee-4a87-9f02-a2bde8fcd038.jpg?v=1762822487"},{"product_id":"c8897","title":"\u003ci\u003eTurtle Beach\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1974 Acrylic \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#C8897","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartsalon.com\/collections\/leigh-hyams\"\u003eLeigh Hyams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntitled \u003cem\u003eTurtle Beach\u003c\/em\u003e, this 1974 acrylic on canvas painting is by the artist Leigh Hyams (1926-2013). Leigh Hyams, aka Martha Mae Nickerson, Martha Bolling, and Martha Hyams, was an acclaimed painter and teacher whose career spanned several decades and continents. Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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Based in San Francisco from 1974 to 2000, she later made her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued to paint and teach until her passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1957, Art in America recognized Hyams as one of the nation’s outstanding “New Talents,” alongside future luminaries such as Joan Mitchell, David Park, and Morris Louis. Nearly a decade later, in 1966, she studied with Larry Rivers, Conrad Marca-Relli, and Philip Guston—serving as Guston’s assistant—at the Fine Arts Institute of New College. Hyams’ figurative works reflect the expressive vitality of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, echoing the influence of artists such as Richard Diebenkorn. 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