Harold John Baily - Artist Info

About Harold John Baily

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    Harold John Baily (b.1927)

    A painter, illustrator, teacher and art critic, John Baily was born in Western Australia. He attended the South Australian School of Art before traveling in the United States of America on a Harkness Scholarship, and in Europe.

    He has held many positions including that of President of the Contemporary Art Society of South Australia, Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Chairman of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, Chairman of the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust. Director of the New South Wales College of Arts, and Member, Art Advisory Committee, Parliament House Construction Authority, Canberra.

    Baily works mainly in oils, watercolors, gouache and v...

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