BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Unity Douglas Cadoux Baile (Mrs.)
(nee Watney, m Wynne Jeffreys Baile)

January 5 1883 - December 28 1957

ISLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY

Baile was born in Richmond, England. She arrived in Canada c1910 and settled in Victoria, where she lived all of her life. She married Wynne Jeffreys Baile in Victoria on Feburary 19, 1916. Her husband was a draughtsman, born in South Wales, UK. She exhibited with the ISLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY from 1917 to 1941.

In 1932 Baile was a signatory to an agreement to boycott the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa for their exhibition and purchase policies related to Canadian artists. She was noted as being a Victoria artist.

She died a widow in Victoria at the age of 74, her occupation noted as "housewife."


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1933 Mar. 3 - 15 VAG   IACS Vancouver Island Exhibition Portrait
Portrait
Arbutus Trees

References

B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)

ISLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY - List of Exhibitors

Clippings

" ... the 118 artists who have signed the agreement to date ... include ... Unity Baile ... "
      From "Canadian Artists Unite to Boycott National Gallery" by The Canadian Press
      Montreal Gazette, December 8 1932

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