Edith Wall

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.[2] Wall attended the Sorbonne in Paris and also studied art in Rome and London.[2] Wall was an early member of The Group[3] and exhibited with them in 1927, 1928, and 1947.[4][5]

After moving to Sydney, Wall became a prolific cartoonist. She also taught art and exhibited in galleries in Melbourne and Sydney.[2]

In 1956 Wall received the Victorian Artists Society drawing prize and in 1971 the Minnie Crouch Prize from the Art Gallery of Ballarat.[6]

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.[2]

Artist files for Edith Wall are held at:

• E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
• Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
• Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena

Also see:

• Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists McGahey, Kate (2000) Gilt Edge