Edwin Butler Bayliss (1874–1950),[1] was an English artist based in the Black Country, famous for his realistic and unsentimental paintings of industrial sites in the area.
Edwin was born in Wolverhampton, on Merridale Road, the eldest son of Samuel Bayliss (b.
He joined his father's manufacturing firm, but at twenty-seven he had left to pursue his artistic ambitions.
[3][4] Edwin was originally self-taught, he seems to have no formal art training except for learning basic techniques by his friend and fellow artist, Joseph Vickers de Ville.
[4] He exhibited his images of the Black Country from 1904 until his death and a large amount of his work is held by Wolverhampton Art Gallery.