Gilbert Bayes

The Queen of Time, Selfridges, London, 1928

Destiny, war memorial, Albion Gardens, Ramsgate, Kent, 1920

Stone sculpture of a seated man holding a lyre, between two kneeling figures

Prehistoric Period

Stone sculpture of a seated woman holding a torch, between a child and a crouching man

Classic period

National Museum Cardiff, 1914–1915

Gilbert William Bayes (4 April 1872 – 10 July 1953) was an English sculptor.^[1]

Career

Bayes was born in London into a family of artists, his father being Alfred Walter Bayes, an established artist at the time. He was one of four children and brother to the well-known artist and critic Walter Bayes, and to the Arts & Crafts designer Jessie Bayes. Bayes' lengthy and illustrious career began as a student under Sir George Frampton and Harry Bates,^[2] and so became associated with the British New Sculpture movement and its focus on architectural sculpture.

Bayes is perhaps best remembered for his interest in colour, his association with the Royal Doulton Company, and his work in polychrome ceramics and enamelled bronze. His major ceramic frieze at the Doulton Headquarters of 1938 was removed in the 1960s when the building was razed, and re-located to the gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum which bears his name. He also designed a number of war memorials, with public works throughout the former British Empire, from New South Wales to Bangalore.

Bayes served as President of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, PRBS, from 1939 through 1944, and of the Ealing Art Group from 1947-1953. He died in London in 1953. Bayes' home at 4 Greville Place in St. John's Wood bears a blue plaque placed by English Heritage in 2007.^[3]

Personal life

In 1906, Bayes married Gertrude Smith, a fellow sculptor, in Farnham, Surrey. They had two children:

Eleanor Jean Gilbert Bayes (1908–1999), also an artist
Geoffrey Gilbert Bayes (1912–2001)

Works

Exterior work at the Victoria and Albert Museum under Sir Aston Webb, London, circa 1909
Prehistoric Period and Classic Period, architectural sculpture at the National Museum Cardiff, 1914–1915^[4]
Destiny, Albion Gardens, Ramsgate, Kent, dedicated 1920
Todmorden War Memorial, West Yorkshire, 1921
The Offerings of Peace and The Offerings of War at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1923^[5]
The National War Memorial, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, 1924
The Building of King Solomon's Temple, "Central Warwickshire Masonic Temple" (demolished), Birmingham, 1927 (frieze in store)
The Queen of Time bronze group above the Oxford Street entrance to London Selfridges, 1928
Drama Through the Ages, polychrome ceramic frieze for the Saville Theatre (now the Odeon Covent Garden cinema), London, 1931
The Segrave Trophy, 1932^[6]^[7]
Exterior bas-reliefs and interior work at the BBC Broadcasting House, London, 1931^[8]
Six allegorical relief panels, Commercial Bank of Scotland, Bothwell Street, Glasgow, 1934–35
A series of sporting figures outside Lord's cricket ground, 1934^[1]
History of Pottery through the Ages, polychrome ceramic frieze for the London headquarters of the Royal Doulton Company, 1938
Two memorial bronzes at the St James' Church, Warter
Statue of J. N. Tata at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Blue Robed Bambino fountain at the Centre William Rappard, Geneva (also known as Child with Fish)
Reliefs featuring musicians on a building in Cavendish Square, London. The house had been the showroom of Brinmeads, the English piano manufacturer.

References

1 2 Ian Chilvers (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 860476 9.
↑ Public sculpture of Glasgow By Raymond McKenzie, Gary Nisbet
↑ "BAYES, GILBERT (1931-1953)". English Heritage. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
↑ Newman, John (1995). Glamorgan. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. p. 228.
↑ AGNSW Catalogue references Offerings of Peace and Offerings of War
↑ "SEGRAVE TROPHY". The Sydney Morning Herald (29, 477). 25 June 1932. p. 9. Retrieved 14 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE". The Mercury. CXXXVI (20, 222). Tasmania. 1 June 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 14 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ BBC Broadcasting House reliefs

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[ODArt-1] 1 2 Ian Chilvers (2004). The Oxford Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 860476 9.

[ReferenceA-2] Public sculpture of Glasgow By Raymond McKenzie, Gary Nisbet

[EngHet-3] "BAYES, GILBERT (1931-1953)". English Heritage. Retrieved 20 October 2012.

[4] Newman, John (1995). Glamorgan. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. p. 228.

[5] AGNSW Catalogue references Offerings of Peace and Offerings of War

[6] "SEGRAVE TROPHY". The Sydney Morning Herald (29, 477). 25 June 1932. p. 9. Retrieved 14 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[7] "SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE". The Mercury. CXXXVI (20, 222). Tasmania. 1 June 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 14 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[8] BBC Broadcasting House reliefs