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Sunday Reed (Lelda Sunday Baillieu) was born on 15 October, 1905 in Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, is an Australian art patron (1905–1981). Discover Sunday Reed's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

Popular As Lelda Sunday Baillieu
Occupation Art collector and patron
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 15 October 1905
Birthday 15 October
Birthplace Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
Date of death 15 December, 1981
Died Place Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australia

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His wife is Leonard Quinn (m. 31 December 1926-31 June 1931) John Reed (m. 13 January 1932-5 December 1981)

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Wife Leonard Quinn (m. 31 December 1926-31 June 1931) John Reed (m. 13 January 1932-5 December 1981)
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Children Sweeney Reed (adopted)

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1905

Sunday Reed (born Lelda Sunday Baillieu) (15 October 1905 – 15 December 1981) was an Australian patron of the arts.

Along with her husband, Reed established what is now the Heide Museum of Modern Art.

Reed was born on 15 October 1905 in Melbourne, Australia, to Arthur Sydney Baillieu and Ethel Mary Baillieu.

She was a member of Melbourne's Baillieu family and the niece of William Baillieu, one of Australia's richest men.

She was the third of four children and was homeschooled by a governess until she was 15.

Reed finished her education at St Catherine's School, Toorak.

In Melbourne, Reed met Leonard Quinn, an American living in England.

1926

They were married in 31 December 1926 at Sorrento, Victoria and traveled in France and England for two years.

1929

Reed was diagnosed with gonorrhoea in 1929.

The disease and several operations including a hysterectomy left her unable to bear children and deaf in her right ear; after her diagnosis, Quinn deserted her in England.

1930

She met solicitor John Reed at a tennis party in 1930.

In the 1930s, Reed studied art under George Bell in his Bourke Street Studio School in Melbourne.

Her only remaining work is a landscape drawing, showing her skill with colour and form.

According to Andrew Stephens, talented artists at Heide "helped shape Australian art from the 1930s on".

A number of modernist artists came to live and work at Heide at various times during the 1930s, 40s and 50s; many of the most famous works of the period were painted there.

1931

Through family influence and connections, she was able to obtain a divorce from him on June 1931.

1932

They married on 13 January 1932 at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.

Their marriage was recorded with the state but not with the church.

1934

In 1934, the Reeds purchased a former dairy farm on the Yarra River at Heidelberg, Victoria, now Bulleen, which became known as "Heide".

They were both interested in many forms of art, including jazz, poetry, and writers.

The couple hosted a variety of artists, for whom Reed would cook.

1941

These artists were known as the Heide Circle and included Sidney Nolan, husband-and-wife couple Sam Atyeo and Moya Dyring, Albert Tucker and Joy Hester (who married in 1941), John Perceval, and Laurence Hope, among others.

1946

Nolan painted all but one of his 1946–47 Ned Kelly series on the dining room table.

The Heide Circle is known for the intertwined personal and professional lives of the people involved.

Atyeo had an affair with Sunday; Dyring had an affair with John.

Art historian Janine Burke has suggested Nolan and Sunday Reed had a close collaborative relationship.

According to Burke, Reed helped Nolan find his artistic voice and in the process developed from a studio assistant to painting sections of the works herself, in particular the red and white squares in The Trial.

1947

The Reeds took over care of and eventually adopted Joy Hester's son Sweeney after Hester was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 1947.

Nolan left his Kelly paintings at Heide when he departed under emotionally charged circumstances in 1947.

He had lived in a ménage à trois with the Reeds for several years.

1981

The Reeds lived on the property until their deaths in 1981, a short time after the property had become the Heide Museum of Modern Art.

Reed cultivated a selection of wild roses, along with many other flowers.

John Reed died of cancer on 5 December 1981.

Sunday Reed died by suicide ten days later, on 15 December.

2010

Reed was the aunt of Ted Baillieu, who in 2010 became Premier of Victoria.

2015

In 2015, about 150 of the 250 bushes she planted remained.

She was resourceful in obtaining cuttings and plants, having some imported from overseas.

The Reeds also sought out nurseries specialising in old roses, and sourced plants from Alister Clark, who bred some of Australia's more popular roses.

The couple supported the Communist Party of Australia (CPA).

John helped fund CPA candidates in federal elections.