Edward Parker Hayden (1862 – 1943) was born in Haydenville, Ohio. He became an artist of New England rural landscapes with focus on trees, either singly or in groves.

He spent his boyhood in Columbus, Ohio and then studied at the Art Students League in New York and with William Picknell.  By the early 1880s, he began exhibiting at the Salmagundi Club, where he was a member, and by 1890, he was living in Haydenville, Massachusetts, a sister city of his birthplace – both were founded by his relatives. He was a studio partner of William LaValley.

In 1889, he began exhibiting at the National Academy which he did through 1897. He later exhibited at the Boston Art Club, The Philadelphia Art Club, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Society of American Artists. Seeking quiet natural surroundings, he eventually moved to Cummington, Massachusetts, and he died there in 1922. The Columbus, Ohio Museum of Art held a retrospective of his painting in 1942.

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