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Alice Marion Ellen Bale
Alice Marion Ellen Bale
	Self portrait
Born	11 November 1875; Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Died	14 February 1955 (aged 79); Melbourne, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Known for	Painting

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Alice Marian Ellen Bale, known as A.M.E. Bale, (11 November 1875 – 14 February 1955) was an Australian artist.

Early life and education

Bale was born in Richmond, Victoria,^[1] on 11 November 1875,^[2] the daughter of Marian^[3] and naturalist William Mountier Bale.^[4] She was an only child, and her family had houses in both Kew and Castlemaine.^[3]

She studied art under Frederick McCubbin and Lindsay Bernard Hall at the National Gallery School 1895–1904.^[5]

Career

Bale 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.^[5]^[6]^[7] Distancing herself from her fellow female artists who were more aligned with the suffragette movement, Bale preferred to work hard within the constraints of the traditional structures of the art world, and never left Victoria.^[3] An active member of the Pickwick Club of Kew, she would gather with young members, some of whom were fellow Gallery School students, for weekly discussions where they adopted the personas of Charles Dickens' characters. There she developed an intimacy with fellow club member Norman Brown, which came to an end by 1906 with Brown's departure and Bale's reluctance to leave her ordered family life.^[3]

As a painter Bale did landscapes and portraits but was best known for her flower studies.^[3] She was able to sell her paintings and exhibit in not just Australia but also London and Paris.^[3]

She exhibited with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters 1917–1955.^[8]

Other activities

Bale edited the Victorian Artists' Society's journal VAS before her efforts to reform the society in 1917 and 1918 and an election loss got her ousted as a troublemaker.^[3] Her friend Jo Sweatman, the last remaining female office bearer, was ousted also a few months later on an electoral technicality. They became foundation members of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society,^[3] Bale holding the position of secretary until her death.^[9]

In collections

Awards

She was a finalist in the Archibald Prize in 1922,^[13] and 1924,^[14] while 1932 Ernest Buckmaster's portrait of her was a finalist in the Archibald.^[15]

Death and legacy

Bale died on 14 February 1955^[2] in Melbourne.^[1]

Scholarships and prizes

In 1977 Peter Wegner was awarded the A.M.E. Bale residential painting scholarship under Sir William Dargie,^[16] awarded by Glen Eira City Council, which he undertook from 1978 to 1980.^[17]

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".^[6]^[9]

Three prizes are awarded:^[6]

Major Award for a Travelling Scholarship (A$50,000) since 2011^[18]
A.M.E. Bale Art Prize in the medium of oil and/or acrylic (A$5,000)
A.M.E. Bale Art Prize for Works on Paper (A$5,000)

References

^ ^a ^b McGrath, Joyce. "Bale, Alice Marian Ellen (1875–1955)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844–1997
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Rankin, Gwenyth (2006). "Rethinking the creative space: Feminism and the 'forgotten' artist". Australian Feminist Studies. 21 (51): 379–388. doi:10.1080/08164640600926107. S2CID 146275296 – via Taylor & Francis.
^ William Mountier Bale (1851–1940). Victoria Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b 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
^ ^a ^b ^c "AME Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize". Glen Eira City Council. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
^ 2016 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize, Glen Eira City Council
^ 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
^ ^a ^b Guidelines Archived 20 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, AME Bale Art Prizes, www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
^ "Works by A.M.E. Bale :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "A. M. E. BALE | Artists | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "A.M.E. Bale, Self Portrait". Castlemaine Art Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 18 September 2021.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 1922 finalist: Portrait Miss Jo Sweatman by A M E Bale". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 1924 finalist: Miss Clive Walsh by A M E Bale". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 1932 finalist: Miss AME Bale by Ernest Buckmaster". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "Peter Wegner, b. 1953". National Portrait Gallery. 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
^ "Peter Wegner" (PDF). Australian Galleries. 9 March 2022.
^ "2010 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

External links

Papers of the Bale family, State Library Victoria
A. M. E. (Alice Marian Ellen) Bale [Australian art and artists file], State Library Victoria
Flowers / A. M. E. Bale, State Library Victoria

[ADB-1] McGrath, Joyce. "Bale, Alice Marian Ellen (1875–1955)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[dob-2] Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844–1997

[:0-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Rankin, Gwenyth (2006). "Rethinking the creative space: Feminism and the 'forgotten' artist". Australian Feminist Studies. 21 (51): 379–388. doi:10.1080/08164640600926107. S2CID 146275296 – via Taylor & Francis.

[4] William Mountier Bale (1851–1940). Victoria Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

[perry-5] 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

[GlenEira2022-6] "AME Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize". Glen Eira City Council. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

[7] 2016 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize, Glen Eira City Council

[8] 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

[Guidelines-9] Guidelines Archived 20 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, AME Bale Art Prizes, www.gleneira.vic.gov.au

[agnsw-10] "Works by A.M.E. Bale :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

[ngv-11] "A. M. E. BALE | Artists | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

[12] "A.M.E. Bale, Self Portrait". Castlemaine Art Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 18 September 2021.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[AP1922-13] "Archibald Prize Archibald 1922 finalist: Portrait Miss Jo Sweatman by A M E Bale". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

[AP1924-14] "Archibald Prize Archibald 1924 finalist: Miss Clive Walsh by A M E Bale". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

[AP1932-15] "Archibald Prize Archibald 1932 finalist: Miss AME Bale by Ernest Buckmaster". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

[npg-16] "Peter Wegner, b. 1953". National Portrait Gallery. 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

[17] "Peter Wegner" (PDF). Australian Galleries. 9 March 2022.

[18] "2010 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

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-'''Alice Marion Ellen Bale''' , or '''A.M.E. Bale''', (11 November 1875 {{ndash}} 14 February 1955)<ref>''Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844–1997''</ref> was an [[Australian]] artist.
+'''Alice Marian Ellen Bale''', known as '''A.M.E. Bale''', (11 November 1875 {{ndash}} 14 February 1955) was an Australian artist.
+== Early life and education ==
-== Biography ==
-[[File:Portrait of Alice M. E. Bale.jpg|alt=Portrait of artist Alice Marion Ellen Bale holding a painter's palette|left|thumb|[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136596836/view Portrait of Alice M. E. Bale], ''1920s'', [[National Library of Australia]]]]
+[[File:Portrait of Alice M. E. Bale.jpg|alt=Portrait of artist Alice Marion Ellen Bale holding a painter's palette|thumb| Portrait of A. M. E. Bale, ''1920s'']]
-Bale was born in Richmond, Victoria,<ref name="ADB">{{cite web|last1=McGrath|first1=Joyce|title=Bale, Alice Marian Ellen (1875–1955)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bale-alice-marian-ellen-5113|accessdate=19 October 2017|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=Australian National University}}</ref> the daughter of Marian<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Rankin|first=Gwenyth|date=2006|title=Rethinking the creative space: Feminism and the 'forgotten' artist|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08164640600926107|journal=Australian Feminist Studies|volume=21|issue=51|pages=379–388|doi=10.1080/08164640600926107|s2cid=146275296|via=Taylor & Francis}}</ref> and naturalist William Mountier Bale.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Mountier Bale (1851–1940)|url=https://museumvictoria.com.au/treasures/collDetails.aspx?Simg=4&PID=72|accessdate=17 July 2017|publisher=Victoria Museum}}</ref> She was an only child, and her family had houses in both Kew and Castlemaine.<ref name=":0" /> She studied art under [[Frederick McCubbin]] and [[Lindsay Bernard Hall]] at the [[National Gallery of Victoria Art School|National Gallery School]] 1895{{ndash}}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.<ref>{{Citation|author1=Perry, Peter|title=A M E Bale : her art and life|date=2011|edition=Limited|publisher=Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum|isbn=978-0-9757388-7-0}}</ref><ref name="GlenEira2016">{{Citation|title=2016 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize|url=http://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/Places-and-events/Arts-and-Culture/Galleries-and-Visual-Art/AME-Bale|publisher=Glen Eira City Council}}</ref> Distancing herself from her fellow female artists who were more aligned with the [[suffragette]] movement, Bale preferred to work hard within the constraints of the traditional structures of the art world, and never left [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].<ref name=":0" />
+Bale was born in [[Richmond, Victoria]],<ref name="ADB">{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=McGrath|first1=Joyce|title=Bale, Alice Marian Ellen (1875–1955)|id2=bale-alice-marian-ellen-5113|accessdate=19 October 2017}}</ref> on 11 November 1875,<ref name=dob>''Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844–1997''</ref> the daughter of Marian<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Rankin|first=Gwenyth|date=2006|title=Rethinking the creative space: Feminism and the 'forgotten' artist|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08164640600926107| journal= [[Australian Feminist Studies]]| volume=21| issue=51| pages=379–388| doi=10.1080/08164640600926107| s2cid=146275296| via=Taylor & Francis}}</ref> and naturalist William Mountier Bale.<ref>{{cite book|title=William Mountier Bale (1851–1940)|url=https://museumsvictoria.com.au/treasures/collDetails.aspx?Simg=4&PID=72|accessdate=17 July 2017|publisher=Victoria Museum}}</ref> She was an only child, and her family had houses in both [[Kew, Victoria|Kew]] and [[Castlemaine, Victoria|Castlemaine]].<ref name=":0" />
+She studied art under [[Frederick McCubbin]] and [[Lindsay Bernard Hall]] at the [[National Gallery of Victoria Art School|National Gallery School]] 1895{{ndash}}1904.<ref name=perry/>
-An active member of the [[Pickwick Club]] of [[Kew, Victoria|Kew]], she would gather with young members, some of whom were fellow [[National Gallery School|Gallery School]] students, for weekly discussions where they adopted the personas of [[Charles Dickens]]' characters. There she developed an intimacy with fellow club member Norman Brown, which came to an end by 1906 with Brown's departure and Bale's reluctance to leave her ordered family life.<ref name=":0" />
+==Career==
-As a painter Bale did landscapes and portraits but was best known for her flower studies.<ref name=":0" /> She was able to sell her paintings and exhibit in not just [[Australia]] but also [[London]] and [[Paris]].<ref name=":0" />
+Bale 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.<ref name=perry>{{Citation|author1=Perry, Peter|title=A M E Bale : her art and life|date=2011|edition=Limited|publisher=Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum|isbn=978-0-9757388-7-0}}</ref><ref name=GlenEira2022/><ref>{{Citation|title=2016 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize|url=http://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/Places-and-events/Arts-and-Culture/Galleries-and-Visual-Art/AME-Bale|publisher=Glen Eira City Council}}</ref> Distancing herself from her fellow female artists who were more aligned with the [[suffragette]] movement, Bale preferred to work hard within the constraints of the traditional structures of the art world, and never left [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].<ref name=":0" />
-Bale edited the [[Victorian Artists Society|Victorian Artists' Society]]'s journal ''VAS'' before her efforts to reform the society in 1917 and 1918 and an election loss got her ousted as a troublemaker.<ref name=":0" /> Her friend [[Jo Sweatman]], the last remaining female office bearer, was ousted also a few months later on an electoral technicality. They became foundation members of the [[Twenty Melbourne Painters Society]],<ref name=":0" /> Bale holding the position of secretary until her death.<ref name="Guidelines">[http://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/files/assets/public/document-resources/arts-and-culture/ame-bale-guidelines.pdf Guidelines], AME Bale Art Prizes, www.gleneira.vic.gov.au</ref>
+An active member of the [[Pickwick Club]] of Kew, she would gather with young members, some of whom were fellow [[National Gallery School|Gallery School]] students, for weekly discussions where they adopted the personas of [[Charles Dickens]]' characters. There she developed an intimacy with fellow club member Norman Brown, which came to an end by 1906 with Brown's departure and Bale's reluctance to leave her ordered family life.<ref name=":0" />
+As a painter Bale did [[landscape]]s and [[portrait]]s but was best known for her flower studies.<ref name=":0" /> She was able to sell her paintings and exhibit in not just Australia but also [[London]] and [[Paris]].<ref name=":0" />
 She exhibited with the [[Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors|Melbourne Society of Women Painters]] 1917{{ndash}}1955.<ref>{{Citation|author1=Peers, Juliette|title=More than just gumtrees : a personal, social and artistic history of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors|date=1993|publisher=Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors in association with Dawn Revival Press|isbn=978-0-646-16033-7}}</ref>
+==Other activities==
-==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".<ref name=GlenEira2016/><ref name=Guidelines/>
+Bale edited the [[Victorian Artists Society|Victorian Artists' Society]]'s journal ''VAS'' before her efforts to reform the society in 1917 and 1918 and an election loss got her ousted as a troublemaker.<ref name=":0" /> Her friend [[Jo Sweatman]], the last remaining female office bearer, was ousted also a few months later on an electoral technicality. They became foundation members of the [[Twenty Melbourne Painters Society]],<ref name=":0" /> Bale holding the position of secretary until her death.<ref name="Guidelines">[http://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/files/assets/public/document-resources/arts-and-culture/ame-bale-guidelines.pdf Guidelines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320052407/http://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/files/assets/public/document-resources/arts-and-culture/ame-bale-guidelines.pdf |date=20 March 2017 }}, AME Bale Art Prizes, www.gleneira.vic.gov.au</ref>
-Three prizes are awarded:<ref name=GlenEira2016/>
-* Major Award for a Travelling Scholarship (AU$50,000) since 2011<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://joshuamcpherson.com/files/media011210a.pdf |title=2010 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111216120832/http://joshuamcpherson.com/files/media011210a.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2011 |access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>
-* 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:
-[http://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/Places-and-events/Arts-and-Culture/Galleries-and-Visual-Art/AME-Bale 2016];
-[http://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/Places-and-events/Arts-and-Culture/Art-awards/A.M.E.-Bale-Travelling-Scholarship-and-Art-Prize/A.M.E.-Bale-Travelling-Scholarship-and-Art-Prize-winners-2014 2014];
-[http://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/Places-and-events/Arts-and-Culture/Art-awards/A.M.E.-Bale-Travelling-Scholarship-and-Art-Prize/A.M.E.-Bale-Travelling-Scholarship-and-Art-Prize-winners-2012 2012];
-[http://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/Places-and-events/Arts-and-Culture/Art-awards/A.M.E.-Bale-Travelling-Scholarship-and-Art-Prize/A.M.E-Bale-Travelling-Scholarship-and-Art-Prize-winners-2011 2011]
 == In collections==
-She has work in the [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]],<ref name=agnsw>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=bale-ame|title=Works by A.M.E. Bale :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW|website=www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-24}}</ref> and the [[National Gallery of Victoria]]''.''<ref name=ngv>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/1856/|title=A. M. E. BALE {{!}} Artists {{!}} NGV|website=www.ngv.vic.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-24}}</ref>
+*  [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]],<ref name=agnsw>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=bale-ame|title=Works by A.M.E. Bale :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW|website=www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-24}}</ref>
+*  [[National Gallery of Victoria]]''.''<ref name=ngv>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/1856/|title=A. M. E. BALE {{!}} Artists {{!}} NGV|website=www.ngv.vic.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-24}}</ref>
+* [[Castlemaine Art Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=A.M.E. Bale, Self Portrait|url=https://collection.castlemainegallery.com/objects/1186/self-portrait|access-date=2021-09-18|website=Castlemaine Art Museum Collection Online|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
 ==Awards==
-She was a finalist in the [[Archibald Prize]] in 1922,<ref name=AP1922>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1922/14654/|title=Archibald Prize Archibald 1922 finalist: Portrait Miss Jo Sweatman by A M E Bale|last1=Deutsch|last2=Français|website=www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-24|last3=日本語|last4=中文|last5=Español|last6=Italiano|last7=한국어|last8=العربية|last9=us|first9=Contact}}</ref> and 1924,<ref name=AP1924>{{Cite web|url= https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1924/14657/| title=Archibald Prize Archibald 1924 finalist: Miss Clive Walsh by A M E Bale|last1=Deutsch|last2=Français|website=www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-24|last3=日本語|last4=中文|last5=Español|last6=Italiano|last7=한국어|last8=العربية|last9=us|first9=Contact}}</ref> while 1932 [[Ernest Buckmaster]]'s portrait of her was a finalist in the Archibald.<ref name=AP1932>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1932/14954/|title=Archibald Prize Archibald 1932 finalist: Miss AME Bale by Ernest Buckmaster|last1=Deutsch|last2=Français|website=www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-24|last3=日本語|last4=中文|last5=Español|last6=Italiano|last7=한국어|last8=العربية|last9=us|first9=Contact}}</ref>
+She was a finalist in the [[Archibald Prize]] in 1922,<ref name=AP1922>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1922/14654/|title=Archibald Prize Archibald 1922 finalist: Portrait Miss Jo Sweatman by A M E Bale|website=www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-24}}</ref> and 1924,<ref name=AP1924>{{Cite web|url= https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1924/14657/| title=Archibald Prize Archibald 1924 finalist: Miss Clive Walsh by A M E Bale|website=www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-24}}</ref> while 1932 [[Ernest Buckmaster]]'s portrait of her was a finalist in the Archibald.<ref name=AP1932>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1932/14954/|title=Archibald Prize Archibald 1932 finalist: Miss AME Bale by Ernest Buckmaster|website=www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-24}}</ref>
+==Death and legacy==
-== External links ==
+Bale died on 14 February 1955<ref name=dob/> in Melbourne.<ref name="ADB"/>
-[http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1cl35st/SLV_VOYAGER1635573 Papers of the Bale family], ''[[State Library Victoria]]''
+===Scholarships and prizes===
-[http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1cl35st/SLV_VOYAGER2989081 A. M. E. (Alice Marian Ellen) Bale] [Australian art and artists file], ''[[State Library Victoria]]''
+In 1977 [[Peter Wegner (Australian artist)|Peter Wegner]] was awarded the A.M.E. Bale residential painting scholarship under Sir [[William Dargie]],<ref name=npg>{{cite web | title=Peter Wegner, b. 1953 | website=[[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)|National Portrait Gallery]] | url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/people/peter-wegner-1953/ | access-date=26 May 2022| date=2018}}</ref> awarded by [[Glen Eira City Council]], which he undertook from 1978 to 1980.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://australiangalleries.com.au/app/uploads/2016/01/1.1-WEGNER_CV22.pdf| title=Peter Wegner |website= Australian Galleries| date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
+====AME Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize====
-[http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/370546 Flowers] / A. M. E. Bale, ''[[State Library Victoria]]''
+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".<ref name=GlenEira2022>{{cite web | title=AME Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize | website=Glen Eira City Council | url=https://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/our-city/arts-and-culture/galleries-and-visual-art/ame-bale-travelling-scholarship-and-art-prize | access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref><ref name=Guidelines/>
+Three prizes are awarded:<ref name=GlenEira2022/>
+* Major Award for a Travelling Scholarship (A$50,000) since 2011<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://joshuamcpherson.com/files/media011210a.pdf |title=2010 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111216120832/http://joshuamcpherson.com/files/media011210a.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2011 |access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>
+* A.M.E. Bale Art Prize in the medium of oil and/or acrylic (A$5,000)
+* A.M.E. Bale Art Prize for Works on Paper (A$5,000)
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+== External links ==
+*[http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1cl35st/SLV_VOYAGER1635573 Papers of the Bale family], ''[[State Library Victoria]]''
+*[http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1cl35st/SLV_VOYAGER2989081 A. M. E. (Alice Marian Ellen) Bale] [Australian art and artists file], ''State Library Victoria''
+*[http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/370546 Flowers] / A. M. E. Bale, ''State Library Victoria''
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