BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

William Bayliss

February 5 1881 - December 16 1946

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William Bayliss was born in Wales. After arriving in BC he exhibited his work in the 1940, 1941, 1943, 1945, and 1946 B.C. Artists shows at the Vancouver Art Gallery. He was living in Crawford Bay at the time.

He also had artwork in the 1945 British Columbia At Work exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Baylis died in Nelson in 1946. His death certificate noted that he had been in BC for 42 years at that time, and he had been employed as a Fruit Rancher for 40 years. He was single.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1940 Sept. 20 - Oct. 13 VAG   B.C. Artists 9th Annual Whitewater Glacier
1941 Sept. 26 - Oct. 19 VAG   B.C. Artists 10th Annual Looking South, Kootenay Lake
1943 Sept. 25 - Oct. 20 VAG   B.C. Artists 12th Annual The Old Bridge, Howser Lake
The New Bridge, Duncan River
1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 VAG   B.C. Artists 14th Annual Building a Wharf
Granite Bluffs
1945 Nov. 13 - Dec. 2 Labour Arts Guild   B.C. At Work Clearing Land
The Rock Cut
Transporting Cord Wood
1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13 VAG   B.C. Artists 15th Annual Silvery Slocan Lake

References

VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)

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

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