Background
Bayes was born in London into a family of artists, his father being Alfred Walter Bayes, an established artist at the time.
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Gilbert Bayes
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Bayes" lengthy and illustrious career began as a student under Sir George Frampton and Harry Bates, and so became associated with the British New Sculpture movement and its focus on architectural sculpture. Bayes is perhaps best remembered for his interest in color, his association with the Royal Doulton Company, and his work in polychrome ceramics and enamelled bronze. His major ceramic frieze at the Doulton Headquarters of 1938 was removed in the 1960s when the building was razed, and re-located to the gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum which bears his name.
He also designed a number of war memorials, with public work throughout the former Empire, from New South Wales to Bangalore.
He eventually served as President of the Royal British Society of Sculptors from 1939 through 1944. He died in London in 1953.
Bayes" home at 4 Greville Place in Saint John"s Wood bears a blue plaque placed by English Heritage in 2007.
