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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, 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 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 drawing prize and in 1971 the Minnie Crouch Prize from the Art Gallery of Ballarat.

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

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

Further reading

Artist files for Edith Wall are held at:

• E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
• Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
• Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena

Also see:

• Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists McGahey, Kate (2000) Gilt Edge

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