See also
| Husband: | Walter John Bayes (1869-1956) | |
| Wife: | Catherine Alice Telfer (1886-1981) | |
| Marriage | 1904 | Chelsea, Middlesex |
| Name: | Walter John Bayes | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Alfred Walter Bayes (c. 1832-1909) | |
| Mother: | Emily Annie Fielden (1837- ) | |
| Birth | 31 May 1869 | St Pancras, Middlesex |
| Birth fact | 1869 (age 0) | 1869 Sep Qtr, Pancras, 1b/1 |
| Census | 1871 (age 1-2) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1891 (age 21-22) | Art student, living with parents |
| Census | 1901 (age 31-32) | Artist, painter, living with parents |
| Census | 1911 (age 41-42) | Artist Teacher And Writer On Art, 203a Adelaide Road, Hampstead |
| Occupation | 1939 (age 69-70) | Artist, 5 Parkhill Road, Belsize Park, Hampstead |
| Death fact | 1956 (age 86-87) | 1956 Mar Qtr, Hampstead, 5c/1076 (aged 88) |
| Death | 21 Jan 1956 (age 86) | Hampstead, Middlesex |
| Name: | Catherine Alice Telfer | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 30 Nov 1886 | Chelsea, Middlesex |
| Death | 29 Aug 1981 (age 94) | Camden, Greater London |
A painter, etcher, illustrator, theatrical scenery designer and also a lecturer and writer on artistic subjects. He studied in the evenings at the City and Guilds Technical College, Finsbury 1886-1900 and then at Westminster School of Art, 1900-2.
He taught at the City & Guilds Institute, at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, he was a highly regarded teacher as the Headmaster of Westminster School of Art (1918-1934) and Lecturer on perspective to the Royal Academy and Slade School and Director of Painting at Lancaster School of Arts and Crafts 1944-49. Walter Bayes wrote several books on art and was Art Critic of the Athenæum magazine (1906-1916) and contributed to the Outlook, the Saturday Review and the Weekend Revie
He was a founder member of Walter Sickert's "Camden Town Group" (1911) and of the London Group of Artists in 1913.
Born in London, he married his model, Catharine (Kate or Kitty) Telfer in 1904.
With thanks to Jack Bayes (and see his web site for examples of the work of Walter John Bayes:
http://homepages.tesco.net/~johnfred/index.html
See also obituary in The Times, 23.1.1956
BAYES Catherine Alice of 78 Kilburn Gate Greville Road London NW6 died 29 August 1981. Probate Brighton 4 November not exceeding £25000.