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Walter John Bayes BIOGRAPHY
1869 London, England - 1956. Known for: Landscape, seascape, figure, still life and portrait painting, teaching.
Born on 31 May 1869 in London, Walter Bayes came from an artistic family. His father was Alfred Walter Bayes (1832-1909), a painter and etcher who exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and who is... Read full biography
Born on 31 May 1869 in London, Walter Bayes came from an artistic family. His father was Alfred Walter Bayes (1832-1909), a painter and etcher who exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and who is best remembered for his illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen's Stories for the Household,... Read full biography
Born on 31 May 1869 in London, Walter Bayes came from an artistic family. His father was Alfred Walter Bayes (1832-1909), a painter and etcher who exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and who is best remembered for his illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen's Stories for the Household, published in 1866 and engraved by the Dalziel brothers. Alfred Bayes married Emily Ann Fielden and together they had four children, of whom Walter was the second. Only the elder sister Emmeline did not... Read full biography
Born on 31 May 1869 in London, Walter Bayes came from an artistic family. His father was Alfred Walter Bayes (1832-1909), a painter and etcher who exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and who is best remembered for his illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen's Stories for the Household, published in 1866 and engraved by the Dalziel brothers. Alfred Bayes married Emily Ann Fielden and together they had four children, of whom Walter was the second. Only the elder sister Emmeline did not take up an artistic career. Walter's younger brother was the sculptor Gilbert Bayes (1872-1953) and his sister Jessie (1877-1970) became a painter of miniatures and a designer in the Arts and Crafts* style. Despite the obvious talent inherent within the... Read full biography
Born on 31 May 1869 in London, Walter Bayes came from an artistic family. His father was Alfred Walter Bayes (1832-1909), a painter and etcher who exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and who is best remembered for his illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen's Stories for the Household, published in 1866 and engraved by the Dalziel brothers. Alfred Bayes married Emily Ann Fielden and together they had four children, of whom Walter was the second. Only the elder sister Emmeline did not take up an artistic career. Walter's younger brother was the sculptor Gilbert Bayes (1872-1953) and his sister Jessie (1877-1970) became a painter of miniatures and a designer in the Arts and Crafts* style. Despite the obvious talent inherent within the Bayes family, Alfred Bayes seems to have been reluctant for any of his offspring to take up the financially precarious life of an artist... Read full biography
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Born on 31 May 1869 in London, Walter Bayes came from an artistic family. His father was Alfred Walter Bayes (1832-1909), a painter and etcher who exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and who is best remembered for his illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen's Stories for the Household, published in 1866 and engraved by the Dalziel brothers. Alfred Bayes married Emily Ann Fielden and together they had four children, of whom Walter was the second. Only the elder sister Emmeline did not take up an artistic career. Walter's younger brother was the sculptor Gilbert Bayes (1872-1953) and his sister Jessie (1877-1970) became a painter of miniatures and a designer in the Arts and Crafts* style.
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