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| Husband: | Gilbert William Bayes (1872-1953) | |
| Wife: | Gertrude Smith ( - ) | |
| Marriage | 1906 | Farnham, Surrey |
| Name: | Gilbert William Bayes | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Alfred Walter Bayes (c. 1832-1909) | |
| Mother: | Emily Annie Fielden (1837- ) | |
| Birth | 4 Apr 1872 | St Pancras, Middlesex |
| Birth fact | 1872 (age 0) | 1872 Jun Qtr, Pancras, 1b/19 |
| Census | 1881 (age 8-9) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1891 (age 18-19) | Warehouseman, living with parents |
| Census | 1901 (age 28-29) | Artist, sculptor, living with parents (recorded as Albert) |
| Occupation | 1935 (age 62-63) | -; Sculptor, 4 Greville Place, London NW6 (Phone book) |
| Death | 10 Jul 1953 (age 81) | Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, Marylebone, Middlesex |
| Name: | Gertrude Smith | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
A sculptor in Bronze and an architectural and monumental designer, Gilbert William Bayes studied at the City and Guilds College, Finsbury, and at the RA Schools, 1896-9. After winning the Gold Medal and Travelling Scholarship, 1899, he studied in Paris and exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universale.
His fine art work was often inspired by the classics and Wagner's operas, but his architectural and public sculpture was more conventional in subject and style. Gilbert Bayes designed many medals and trophies, including the Great Seal of King George V and the Seagrave Trophy. He sculpted the figures of Sir Charles Barry and Sir William Chambers which are on the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Also the Rood at St. Mary's Church, Primrose Hill, London (c.1914) and the Great Clock at Selfridges Department Store in London (c.1925).
His work includes friezes for the BBC, on the Saville Theatre and in 1939 at Royal Doulton House on the Albert Embankment, London. The house was demolished in 1978, but Bayes' frieze was saved and is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. There is now a Sculpture Gallery in the V&A named after Gilbert Bayes. He also produced the stone relief of sporting figures (1934) outside Lord's Cricket ground and various War Memorials including figures for the memorial at his parent's home town of Todmorden.
He wrote 'Modelling for Sculpture: A Book for the Beginner' (1930). He was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (HRI) in 1918, and was awarded the RBS medal in 1935. From 1939 until 1944, he served as President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and also 1939-44, was elected Vice President of the Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors.
The above information, as well as a number of examples of the work of Gilbert Bayes, can be found on Jack Bayes's web site:
http://homepages.tesco.net/~johnfred/index.html
BAYES Gilbert William of 4 Greville Place St Johns Wood London died 10 July 1953 at Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth Marylebone. Probate London 6 October to Eleanor Jean Bayes spinster and Geoffrey Gilbert Bayes chartered electrical engineer. Effects £9976 3s. 9d.