Jessie Bayes
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| nationality = British
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| field = Painting, Illumination, Murals
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| movement = Arts and Crafts
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Jessie Bayes (b. 1876 Hampstead, London - d. 1970) was a British Arts & Crafts artist who specialized in miniature paintings, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, iconography and more.
Biography
File:023 Stoke Rochford Ss Andrew & Mary, interior - font.jpg, 1937 by Bayes.]]
In the earlier part of her life, Bayes did not have much technical training in the arts, but was born into a family of artists.{{cite journal |last=Quigley |first=J |date=May 15, 1914 |title=The Art of Jessie Bayes, Artist & Craftswoman |url=http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/studio1914a/0268 |journal=The Studio |volume=61 |issue=254 |access-date=September 7, 2015}} She studied under her brother Walter Bayes, who was a well known artist and critic at the time. She was sister to Gilbert Bayes and Emmeline Bayes as well. Her father Alfred Walter Bayes, was an artist who regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts.{{Cite web | url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/walter-bayes-713 | title=Walter Bayes 1869–1956 }}
In 1906 she became a member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers and in 1908 exhibited at the Royal Academy. She was a part of RMS's council throughout 1925-1935. One example of her work is the stained glass windows for St. Luke's Church in Grayshott, Hampshire, England.[http://www.grayshott-archive.org.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=135 Stained Glass Windows of St Luke’s Church]
List of works
- The Lady of Shallott - 1914
- To The Night & The Cloud - 1914
- Roll of Honour memorial - 1919 (Flookburgh, Cumbria){{Cite web|url=http://cumbrianwarmemorials.blogspot.com/2008/10/forgotten-gem.html|title = AFTER THE CONFLICT - Cumbrian War Memorials: A gem of a memorial|date = 14 October 2008}}
- Memorial mural to Percy and Elsie Rathbone in St Martin of Tours church, Epsom - 1927 {{Cite web|url=https://eehe.org.uk/?p=69153|title = Rathbone, Percy & Mary – Epsom & Ewell History Explorer}}
- Font cover panels for St Andrew and St Mary's Church, Stoke Rochford (Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire) - 1937
- Memorial window to Capt. Glyn David Rhys-Williams at the Church of St. David at Miskin.{{cite book|author=Martin Crampin|publisher=Y Lolfa Cyf|year=2014|title=Stained Glass from Welsh Churches |isbn=978-184771-8259}}
- St. Luke's Church windows (Grayshott, Hampshire) - 1962
References
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External links
- {{Art UK bio}}
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Category:19th-century English women artists
Category:20th-century English women artists
Category:Artists from the London Borough of Camden
Category:Arts and Crafts movement artists
Category:English stained glass artists and manufacturers
Category:English women painters
Category:Painters from the London Borough of Camden