Edmund H. Baggs


Edmund Henry Baggs was a South Australian art teacher and painter, mostly of landscapes in oils, c. 1890–1920.
Baggs conducted painting lessons in watercolours and oils, also Poonah and Electric Painting at his studio on Finniss Street, North Adelaide in 1894, later on Kensington Road, Norwood.
In the South Australian Society of Arts Annual Report of 1902–1903 his address was listed as 75, Parade, Norwood, then from 1904–1907, his address was the Studio, 84 Royal Exchange. From 1908-1910, he was at Rundle Street east. He was a Fellow of the SASA from 1904 to 1910, after which his name does not appear in their Annual Reports.
He sold many of his paintings on the art union principle; a kind of raffle where the artist is the beneficiary and art works are the prizes.

Family

Baggs married Maye Rosetta Grose in 1897. Their children included:
  • Lucretia Anneta May "Reta" Baggs married George Charles Bradford in 1927
  • Harrold Edmund Roy Baggs
  • Eric Luke Baggs married Gertrude ?? in 1930
  • Reginald Edmund "Reg" Baggs
  • Vivian Vernon "Viv" Baggs
They lived in Pulteney Street around 1896, then at Norwood, finally Towitta, South Australia.

Paintings

He exhibited twice with the South Australian Society of Arts:
Recent sales:
On public view