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BAYNE, Frances Kirkpatrick Forbes
- Born
- Halifax, 1911
- Died
- Halifax, 2013
- Biography synopsis
- Francis Forbes Bayne studied at the Art Department of Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S., where she won a scholarship at the age of twelve. While studying at Acadia, Bayne worked with the artist Lewis Smith. In 1930 she enrolled at the Nova Scotia College of Art and graduatied in 1933. While in Halifax she also took summer classes with Stanley Royal. During her career, she exhibited with the Nova Scotia Society of Artists, the Maritime Art Association, the Montreal Art Association and the Royal Canadian Academy.
- Media used
- Painting
- Education
- Acadia University (under Lewis Smith)
- Nova Scotia College of Art, 1930 - 1933
- Memberships
- Nova Scotia Society of Artists
- Maritime Art Association
- File & Archive locations
- London Public Library, ON
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Canadian Library Association. Canadian Biographies: Artists and Authors Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 1951
- Cater, Sandra. A Selection of Works by Women Artists in Nova Scotia 1850-1950. Nova Scotia: Centennial Art Gallery, 1975
- Centennial Art Gallery. A Selection of Works by Women Artists in Nova Scotia, 1850-1950. Halifax: July 9 - September 2, 1975
- Hashey, Mary W., ed. Maritime Artists Vol. 1 Fredericton: Maritime Art Association, 1967
- Maritime Art Association. Paintings by Artists of the Maritimes: Seventh Annual Exhibition Halifax: Maritime Art Association, 1942
- Paikowsky, Sandra. Nova Scotian Pictures: Art in Nova Scotia, 1940-1966 Halifax: Dalhousie University Art Gallery, 1994
- Robson, Scott. Nova Scotia Women Artists in the Collection of Tony Saulnier Halifax: Dalhousie University Art Gallery, 1993
- Society for Art Publications. Unknown. Canadian ART (Artscanada: North America's Only Thematic Journal of the Arts) (1943): 121
