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The family moved from Madeley to London following a job offer too good to refuse, giving Bayliss the opportunity to immerse himself in the emerging art scene of the early Victorian period. As a young student at the Royal Academy and the School of Design he became affiliated with the [[Pre-Raphaelites]], and he counted amongst his friends [[John Millais]], [[Frederic Leighton]], [[William Holman Hunt]] and [[Edward Burne-Jones]]<ref>Wyke Bayliss, ''Five Great Painters of the Victorian Era'', Sampson, Low & Co., 1902.</ref> While distant from the Pre-Raphaelites in subject and technique, his paintings often reflect the juxtaposition of detail and colour that characterise much of Millais' and Leighton's work. [[Frederick Wedmore]] states in the foreword to Bayliss' autobiography "On reflection it will be seen that Wyke Bayliss had his speciality pretty well to himself. He was the inventor of his own genre – as well as his own method".<ref>Wyke Bayliss, ''Olives: The Reminiscences of a President'', George Allen, 1906.</ref> Bayliss' paintings are held in many smaller UK and European collections,<ref>[https://artuk.org/search/search/search/keyword:wyke-bayliss_artists Art UK by Wyke Bayliss]</ref> including the Atkinson Art Gallery in Southport (''Evening: Amiens Cathedral'') and the Welsh national collection.

The family moved from Madeley to London following a job offer too good to refuse, giving Bayliss the opportunity to immerse himself in the emerging art scene of the early Victorian period. As a young student at the Royal Academy and the School of Design he became affiliated with the [[Pre-Raphaelites]], and he counted amongst his friends [[John Millais]], [[Frederic Leighton]], [[William Holman Hunt]] and [[Edward Burne-Jones]]<ref>Wyke Bayliss, ''Five Great Painters of the Victorian Era'', Sampson, Low & Co., 1902.</ref> While distant from the Pre-Raphaelites in subject and technique, his paintings often reflect the juxtaposition of detail and colour that characterise much of Millais' and Leighton's work. [[Frederick Wedmore]] states in the foreword to Bayliss' autobiography "On reflection it will be seen that Wyke Bayliss had his speciality pretty well to himself. He was the inventor of his own genre – as well as his own method".<ref>Wyke Bayliss, ''Olives: The Reminiscences of a President'', George Allen, 1906.</ref> Bayliss' paintings are held in many smaller UK and European collections,<ref>[https://artuk.org/search/search/search/keyword:wyke-bayliss_artists Art UK by Wyke Bayliss]</ref> including the Atkinson Art Gallery in Southport (''Evening: Amiens Cathedral'') and the Welsh national collection.

[[File:The Basilica of St Mark's, Venice, Interior.jpg|thumb|''The Basilica of [[St Mark's, Venice]], Interior'', 1877]]



He was also an author, publishing a number of books of art critique, accounts of changing depictions of Jesus through the ages, and a volume of poems. In an 1889 review of his book ''The Enchanted Island: The Venice of Titian and Other Studies in Art'',<ref>''The Enchanted Island: The Venice of Titian and Other Studies in Art'', London: W. H. Allen & Co. (1888), has three parts: ''The Enchanted Island'' (which refers to England), ''Studies of Books'' (one chapter of which is "The Venice of Titian"), and ''Studies for Pictures''. In the preface to the volume, Bayliss writes, "To 'The Enchanted Island' I have added some further Studies of Books".</ref> [[Oscar Wilde]] wrote "Mr. Wyke Bayliss is as much Mr. Whistler's superior as a writer as he is his inferior as a painter and an artist."<ref>[https://www.wilde-online.info/reviews-page221.html Oscar Wilde online]</ref> Bayliss succeeded [[James McNeill Whistler]] as president of the [[Royal Society of British Artists]] (RBA) in June 1888 when Whistler and his followers split from the society; however, there was acrimony throughout the remainder of 1888 because the society's constitution allowed the defeated incumbent to formally stay in office until year's end.<ref>{{cite book|author=Weintraub, Stanley|title=Whistler: A Biography|chapter=Whistler's election loss|page=320|year=2001|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=9780306809712|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Kr_8TmC4aIC&pg=PA320}}</ref>

He was also an author, publishing a number of books of art critique, accounts of changing depictions of Jesus through the ages, and a volume of poems. In an 1889 review of his book ''The Enchanted Island: The Venice of Titian and Other Studies in Art'',<ref>''The Enchanted Island: The Venice of Titian and Other Studies in Art'', London: W. H. Allen & Co. (1888), has three parts: ''The Enchanted Island'' (which refers to England), ''Studies of Books'' (one chapter of which is "The Venice of Titian"), and ''Studies for Pictures''. In the preface to the volume, Bayliss writes, "To 'The Enchanted Island' I have added some further Studies of Books".</ref> [[Oscar Wilde]] wrote "Mr. Wyke Bayliss is as much Mr. Whistler's superior as a writer as he is his inferior as a painter and an artist."<ref>[https://www.wilde-online.info/reviews-page221.html Oscar Wilde online]</ref> Bayliss succeeded [[James McNeill Whistler]] as president of the [[Royal Society of British Artists]] (RBA) in June 1888 when Whistler and his followers split from the society; however, there was acrimony throughout the remainder of 1888 because the society's constitution allowed the defeated incumbent to formally stay in office until year's end.<ref>{{cite book|author=Weintraub, Stanley|title=Whistler: A Biography|chapter=Whistler's election loss|page=320|year=2001|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=9780306809712|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Kr_8TmC4aIC&pg=PA320}}</ref>

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