# Edith Wall > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edith_Wall > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edith_Wall.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wall > Source revision: 1342885425 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|New Zealand artist (1904–2012)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox artist | name = Edith Bayne | image = | caption = | birth_name = Edith Wall | birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|11|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|04|21|1904|11|13|df=y}} | death_place = [Camberwell](/source/Camberwell%2C_Victoria), Melbourne, Australia | residence = | movement = | spouse = Oscar Bayne | awards = [Victorian Artists Society](/source/Victorian_Artists_Society) drawing prize (1956), Minnie Crouch prize from [Bendigo Art Gallery](/source/Bendigo_Art_Gallery) (1971) | patrons = | field = [Painting](/source/Painting), [cartoonist](/source/cartoonist), [printmaking](/source/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](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand, to Gypsy and Arnold Wall, her father was a professor and broadcaster. Wall was an early member of [The Group](/source/The_Group_(New_Zealand_art)){{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}} In the early 1940s, Wall moved to Sydney, Australia. Wall then traveled to attend the [Sorbonne](/source/University_of_Paris) in Paris and also studied art in Rome and London. After moving to Sydney, Wall became a prolific cartoonist. She also taught art and exhibited in galleries in Melbourne and Sydney. In the final 1965 Melbourne [Contemporary Art Society](/source/Contemporary_Art_Society_(Australia)) show, Wall was in the company of notable members and invitees who included their leader [George Bell](/source/George_Bell_(painter)) (who died the following year), [Barbara Brash](/source/Barbara_Brash), [Bill Coleman](/source/Bill_Coleman_(artist)), [Margaret Dredge](/source/Margaret_Dredge), [Dorothea Francis](/source/Dorothea_Francis), Inez Hutchison, [Maidie McGowan](/source/Maidie_McGowan), [Mary Macqueen](/source/Mary_Macqueen), [Anne Montgomery](/source/Anne_Montgomery_(artist)), Harry Rosengrave, [Steven Spurrier](/source/Steven_Spurrier_(artist)), Roma Thompson, [Dorothy Stephen](/source/Dorothy_Stephen), and [Marjorie Woolcock](/source/Marjorie_Woolcock).{{Citation |author1=Melbourne Contemporary Artists |title=Melbourne Contemporary Artists : Australian Gallery File |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32484525 |access-date=28 November 2025}} Over 6 March–30 April 1995, [Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery](/source/Mornington_Peninsula_Regional_Gallery) hosted ''Women on the walls: 1890s - 1990s'' showing Edith Wall works among those including [A. M. E. Bale](/source/Alice_Marian_Ellen_Bale), [Clarice Beckett](/source/Clarice_Beckett),  [Barbara Brash](/source/Barbara_Brash), [Lina Bryans](/source/Lina_Bryans), [Ethel Carrick Fox](/source/Ethel_Carrick), [Mary Cecil Allen](/source/Mary_Cecil_Allen), [Pegg Clarke](/source/Pegg_Clarke), [Amalie Colquhoun](/source/Amalie_Sara_Colquhoun), [Sybil Craig](/source/Sybil_Craig), [Janet Cumbrae-Stewart](/source/Janet_Cumbrae_Stewart), [Aileen Dent](/source/Aileen_Dent), [Margaret Baskerville](/source/Margaret_Baskerville),  [Nornie Gude](/source/Nornie_Gude), [Norah Gurdon](/source/Norah_Gurdon), [Mary Macqueen](/source/Mary_Macqueen), [Marguerite Mahood](/source/Marguerite_Mahood), [Maidie McGowan](/source/Maidie_McGowan), [Mary Meyer](/source/Mary_Meyer_(artist)), [Leopoldine Mimovich](/source/Leopoldine_Mimovich), [Josephine Muntz Adams](/source/Josephine_Muntz_Adams), [Hilda Rix Nicholas](/source/Hilda_Rix_Nicholas), [Helen Ogilvie](/source/Helen_Ogilvie), [Ada May Plante](/source/Ada_May_Plante), [Clara Southern](/source/Clara_Southern), [Ethel Spowers](/source/Ethel_Spowers), [Dorothy Stephen](/source/Dorothy_Stephen), [Constance Stokes](/source/Constance_Stokes), [Eveline Syme](/source/Eveline_Winifred_Syme), [Violet Teague](/source/Violet_Teague), [Lesbia Thorpe](/source/Lesbia_Thorpe), [Jessie Traill](/source/Jessie_Traill), Edith Wall, [Phyl Waterhouse](/source/Phyl_Waterhouse), [Dora Wilson](/source/Dora_Wilson), and [Marjorie Woolcock](/source/Marjorie_Woolcock).{{Cite book |author1=Peers|title=Women on the walls: 1890s - 1990s|publication-date=|publisher=Mornington Peninsula Regional Arts Centre|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/258897222|access-date=29 November 2025|year=1995|location=Mornington, Vic.|first=Juliet}}{{Cite web|title=Women on the walls : 1890s - 1990s. at (1995 – ) · Australian Prints + Printmaking|url=https://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/exhibitions/12615/|website=www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au|access-date=2025-11-29}} == Awards == In 1956 Wall received the [Victorian Artists Society](/source/Victorian_Artists_Society) drawing prize, and in 1971 the Minnie Crouch Prize from the [Art Gallery of Ballarat](/source/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. == Collections == * [National Gallery of Australia](/source/National_Gallery_of_Australia){{Cite web|title=Edith Wall - Search the Collection, National Gallery of Australia|url=https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/artist/14679/edith-wall|website=National Gallery of Australia|access-date=2025-11-29|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230131231710/https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/artist/14679/edith-wall|archive-date=2023-01-31|language=en-AU}} * [National Gallery of Victoria](/source/National_Gallery_of_Victoria){{Cite web|title=Edith Wall|url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/|website=National Gallery of Victoria|access-date=2025-11-29|language=en-AU}} * [Art Gallery of Western Australia](/source/Art_Gallery_of_Western_Australia){{Cite web|title=Edith WALL|url=https://collection.artgallery.wa.gov.au/persons/8332/edith-wall|website=Art Gallery WA Collection Online|access-date=2025-11-29|language=en}} * [Christchurch Art Gallery](/source/Christchurch_Art_Gallery){{Cite web|title=Study Of A Woman Seated At A Table|url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/collection/|website=christchurchartgallery.org.nz|access-date=2025-11-29|last=Wall|first=Edith}} * [Auckland War Memorial Museum](/source/Auckland_War_Memorial_Museum){{Cite web|title=Edith Wall|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/person/246912|website=Auckland War Memorial Museum|access-date=2025-11-29|language=en}} == References == {{reflist|30em}} == Further reading == Artist files for Edith Wall are held at: * [http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/1/ E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki] * [http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/2/ Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu] * [http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/3/ Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena] Also see: * [http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/publication/9/ Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists] McGahey, Kate (2000) Gilt Edge {{The Group NZ}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wall, Edith}} Category:1904 births Category:1990 deaths Category:20th-century Australian women artists Category:20th-century Australian artists Category:20th-century New Zealand women artists Category:New Zealand painters Category:Australian painters Category:New Zealand women painters Category:Australian women painters Category:New Zealand women cartoonists Category:Australian women cartoonists Category:New Zealand editorial cartoonists Category:Australian editorial cartoonists Category:New Zealand women editorial cartoonists Category:Australian women editorial cartoonists Category:New Zealand women centenarians Category:Australian women centenarians Category:University of Paris alumni Category:Artists from Christchurch Category:Artists from Melbourne Category:People associated with The Group (New Zealand art) Category:20th-century women painters --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Edith Wall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wall) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wall?action=history)). 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