Edith Bayne (née Wall, 13 November 1904 – 21 April 2012) was an artist born in New Zealand who also resided in Australia.
Biography
Born Edith Wall in
Christchurch
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, New Zealand, to Gypsy and Arnold Wall, her father was a professor and broadcaster. In the early 1940s, Wall moved to Sydney, Australia.
Wall attended the
Sorbonne
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* Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities.
*the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970)
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in Paris and also studied art in Rome and London.
Wall was an early member of
The Group
The Group may refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Group'' (Australian TV series), 1971 situation comedy produced by Cash Harmon Television for ATN7
* ''The Group'' (Canadian TV series), 1968–70 music variety on CBC Television
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and exhibited with them in 1927, 1928, and 1947.
After moving to Sydney, Wall became a prolific cartoonist. She also taught art and exhibited in galleries in Melbourne and Sydney.
In 1956 Wall received the
Victorian Artists Society
The Victorian Artists Society, which can trace its establishment to 1856 in Melbourne, promotes artistic education, art classes and gallery hire exhibition in Australia. It was formed in March 1888 when the Victorian Academy of Arts (previously Vi ...
drawing prize and in 1971 the Minnie Crouch prize from the
Bendigo Art Gallery
Bendigo Art Gallery is an Australian art gallery located in Bendigo, Victoria. It is one of the oldest and largest regional art galleries.
History
The gallery was founded in 1887.
The gallery's collection was first housed in the former Bendigo ...
.
Personal life
In the mid-1930s she married Oscar Bayne, an architect from Sydney. They had one child, Cosima, born in 1937. In 1951 they moved to Melbourne, Australia.
References
Further reading
Artist files for Edith Wall are held at:
E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o TāmakiRobert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o WaiwhetuHocken Collections Uare Taoka o HākenaAlso see:
Concise Dictionary of New Zealand ArtistsMcGahey, Kate (2000) Gilt Edge
1904 births
1990 deaths
20th-century Australian women artists
20th-century Australian artists
20th-century New Zealand women artists
New Zealand painters
Australian painters
New Zealand women painters
Australian women painters
New Zealand women cartoonists
Australian women cartoonists
New Zealand cartoonists
Australian cartoonists
New Zealand centenarians
Australian centenarians
University of Paris alumni
People from Christchurch
Artists from Melbourne
Women centenarians
People associated with The Group (New Zealand art)
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