Margaret Pestell b. 1894

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Printmaker and painter, trained at NGV School in late 1920s then lived and worked in England. On her return, she exhibited continuously with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors.
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printmaker and painter, born Kyneton (Vic.). Enrolled NGV School 1926, then went to England where she painted near Cornwall and Devon with various artists. On her return she was associated with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, with whom she exhibited continuously (see Peers).

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1996
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Related people
  • Peers, (associate of)
  • Peers, (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (associate of)
  • Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (associate of)
Related works
  • Still Life (creator of)
  • Still Life (creator of)
Related collections
  • Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
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