Edith Wall Explained

Edith Bayne
Birth Name:Edith Wall
Birth Date:13 November 1904
Birth Place:Christchurch, New Zealand
Death Place:Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia
Nationality:New Zealand
Spouse:Oscar Bayne
Awards:Victorian Artists Society drawing prize (1956), Minnie Crouch prize from Bendigo Art Gallery (1971)
Field:Painting, cartoonist, printmaking

Edith Bayne (née Wall, 13 November 1904 – 21 April 2012) was an artist born in New Zealand who also resided in Australia.[1] [2]

Biography

Born Edith Wall in Christchurch, 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 in Paris and also studied art in Rome and London. Wall was an early member of The Group[3] and exhibited with them in 1927, 1928, and 1947.[4] [5]

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 drawing prize and in 1971 the Minnie Crouch Prize from the Art Gallery of Ballarat.[6]

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.

Further reading

Artist files for Edith Wall are held at:

Also see:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wall, Edith. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 5 October 2017.
  2. News: Stylish artist with taste for red wine and chocolate. 26 May 2012. The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 October 2017. en-US.
  3. Web site: Artists exhibited with The Group. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 5 October 2017.
  4. Web site: The Group 1947. christchurchartgallery.org.nz. 5 October 2017.
  5. Web site: The Group 1927 - 1977: an annotated bibliography - Heritage - Christchurch City Libraries. christchurchcitylibraries.com. en. 5 October 2017.
  6. Web site: Edith Wall. www.daao.org.au. en. 5 October 2017.