Margery Dennis b. 1922

  • Artist (Painter)
Margery Dennis was a naive painter, popular in the 1970s and 80s. Her work was selected to be hung in the 1977 Archibald Prize and the 1978 Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Tags: naive art, portrait artist, Landscape
exhibited at
Wynne Prize for Australian landscape
Description

The Wynne Prize for Australian landscape by Richard Wynne, who died in 1895, and first awarded in 1897, in honour of the official opening of the Art Gallery of NSW at its present site.

Tags
Australian landscape, Painting
Website
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/prizes/wynne/
Note
1978
exhibited at
Archibald Prize
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

The Archibald Prize for portraiture was established at the Art Gallery of NSW in 1921 under the terms of the will of J.F, Archibald. It has proved to be more popular with the general public than the critics, and can be used to track approaches to both art and Society.
The prize is judged by the Trustees of the gallery

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Caricature, Portrait, social history
Website
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/prizes/archibald/
Note
1977