Edith Wall

{{Infobox artist

| name = Edith Bayne

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Edith Wall

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|11|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|04|21|1904|11|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia

| nationality = New Zealand

| residence =

| movement =

| spouse = Oscar Bayne

| awards = Victorian Artists Society drawing prize (1956), Minnie Crouch prize from Bendigo Art Gallery (1971)

| patrons =

| field = Painting, cartoonist, printmaking

| training =

| works =

}}

Edith Bayne (née Wall, 13 November 1904 – 21 April 2012) was an artist born in New Zealand who also resided in Australia.{{Cite web|url=http://findnzartists.org.nz/artist/15721/|title=Wall, Edith|website=findnzartists.org.nz|language=en|access-date=5 October 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/stylish-artist-with-taste-for-red-wine-and-chocolate-20120525-1zaji.html|title=Stylish artist with taste for red wine and chocolate|date=26 May 2012|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=5 October 2017|language=en-US}}

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{{Cite web|url=http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/exhibition/3/|title=Artists exhibited with The Group|website=findnzartists.org.nz|language=en|access-date=5 October 2017}} and exhibited with them in 1927, 1928, and 1947.{{Cite web|url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/about/library/the-group/group-1947|title=The Group 1947|website=christchurchartgallery.org.nz|access-date=5 October 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/heritage/publications/art/thegroup/bibliography/|title=The Group 1927 - 1977: an annotated bibliography - Heritage - Christchurch City Libraries|website=christchurchcitylibraries.com|language=en|access-date=5 October 2017}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.daao.org.au/bio/edith-wall/personal_details/|title=Edith Wall|website=www.daao.org.au|language=en|access-date=5 October 2017}}

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.

Edith Wall

Biography

Personal life

References

Further reading