Charles Bayliss Australia, 1850-97
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About Charles Bayliss
Professional photographer Charles Bayliss was born in Suffolk, England in 1850. He arrived in Melbourne in 1854 and in the 1870s worked as a photographer's assistant. In the 1880s he moved to Sydney, the location of the subjects of most of his photographs recorded in the Australian Art Sales Digest. He exhibited his work at the 1883-84 Calcutta International Exhibition and the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London. Copies of his Album of Photographs of the Sydney Exhibition Building and Other Sydney Buildings (1879) are in various public collections, including the National Library of Australia.
The earliest auction listing we have for Charles Bayliss is in 2004 and in total 12 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 10 (83%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,120 for Panorama of Sydney, North Shore c. 1880 sold by Deutscher~Menzies in December 2004. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2015. Works by Charles Bayliss are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Victoria and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Charles Bayliss is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 247
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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