Alice Marian Ellen Bale

Alice Marion Ellen Bale , or A.M.E. Bale, (11 November 1875 – 14 February 1955)[2] was an Australian artist.

Alice Marion Ellen Bale
Self portrait
Born(1875-11-11)11 November 1875
Richmond, Australia
Died14 February 1955(1955-02-14) (aged 79)
Melbourne, Australia[1]
NationalityAustralian
EducationNational Gallery of Victoria Art School
Known forPainting

Bale was born in Richmond, Victoria,[1] the daughter of naturalist William Mountier Bale.[3] She studied art under Frederick McCubbin and Lindsay Bernard Hall at the National Gallery School 1895–1904. She came to prominence as an artist in Melbourne in the 1920s and 1930s, developing a reputation as one of Australia's pre-eminent flower and still life painters.[4][5]

She was the founding secretary of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society, a position that she held until her death.[6]

She exhibited with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters 1917–1955.[7]

AME Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize

Bale established the biennial A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize through her will to support Australian artists in perpetuity. The prize "is intended to encourage, support and advance classical training of emerging artists (in their early to mid-career) at any stage of life, who are pursuing the study and practice of traditional art and who desire to study the works of old masters".[5][6]

Three prizes are awarded:[5]

  • Major Award for a Travelling Scholarship (AU$50,000) since 2011[8]
  • A.M.E. Bale Art Prize in the medium of oil and/or acrylic (AU$5,000)
  • A.M.E. Bale Art Prize for Works on Paper (AU$5,000)

Award winners: 2016; 2014; 2012; 2011

In collections

She has work in the Art Gallery of New South Wales,[9] and the National Gallery of Victoria.[10]

Awards

She was a finalist in the Archibald Prize in 1922,[11] and 1924,[12] while 1932 Ernest Buckmaster's portrait of her was a finalist in the Archibald.[13]

References
  1. McGrath, Joyce. "Bale, Alice Marian Ellen (1875–1955)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  2. Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844–1997
  3. "William Mountier Bale (1851–1940)". Victoria Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. Perry, Peter (2011), A M E Bale : her art and life (Limited ed.), Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, ISBN 978-0-9757388-7-0
  5. 2016 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize, Glen Eira City Council
  6. Guidelines, AME Bale Art Prizes, www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
  7. Peers, Juliette (1993), More than just gumtrees : a personal, social and artistic history of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors in association with Dawn Revival Press, ISBN 978-0-646-16033-7
  8. "2010 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  9. "Works by A.M.E. Bale :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  10. "A. M. E. BALE | Artists | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  11. Deutsch; Français; 日本語; 中文; Español; Italiano; 한국어; العربية; us, Contact. "Archibald Prize Archibald 1922 finalist: Portrait Miss Jo Sweatman by A M E Bale". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  12. Deutsch; Français; 日本語; 中文; Español; Italiano; 한국어; العربية; us, Contact. "Archibald Prize Archibald 1924 finalist: Miss Clive Walsh by A M E Bale". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  13. Deutsch; Français; 日本語; 中文; Español; Italiano; 한국어; العربية; us, Contact. "Archibald Prize Archibald 1932 finalist: Miss AME Bale by Ernest Buckmaster". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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