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Margaret Preston b. 29 April 1875

Also known as Margaret Rose McPherson, Rose McPherson, Margaret Rose Macpherson, Margaret Rose Preston, Margaret Macpherson

Artist (Painter),
Artist (Printmaker),
Artist (Ceramist)

Margaret Preston specialised in still life subjects, seeking to reinvent the genre, with inspiration from Aboriginal art and Australian native flowers, but she also made landscapes, and painted an introspective self-portrait. Her hand-coloured woodcuts and linocuts are a modernist interpretation of what is often thought of as traditional women's subject matter.

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State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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Manly Art Gallery, Manly, Sydney, NSW
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

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The Art Gallery of South Australia was founded in 1881. It is located at the heart of Adelaide’s cultural boulevard, North Terrace, between the South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide.

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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

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Related works	The Superimposed Feet (creator of) Expulsion (creator of) Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (creator of) Flying over the Shoalhaven River (creator of) Self Portrait (creator of) New South Wales Everlastings (creator of) Aboriginal Flowers (creator of) Fuchsia (An Autumn Posy) (None) Still-Life (creator of) Margaret Preston travel photograph albums (creator of) Flowers (creator of)	The Superimposed Feet (creator of) Expulsion (creator of) Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (creator of) Flying over the Shoalhaven River (creator of) Self Portrait (creator of) New South Wales Everlastings (creator of) Aboriginal Flowers (creator of) Fuchsia (An Autumn Posy) (None) Still-Life (creator of) Margaret Preston travel photograph albums (creator of)
Related recognitions	Exposition Internationale (received) Coolgardie Exhibition, Coolgardie, WA (received)	Exposition Internationale (received)
Related events	New South Wales Society of Artists (exhibited at) New English Art Club (exhibited at) Royal Academy (exhibited at) New Salon (exhibited at) Society of Women Artists (exhibited at) The Australian Landscape (exhibited at) solo show (exhibited at) New South Wales Society of Artists (exhibited at) Margaret Preston and Thea Proctor (exhibited at) Old Salon (exhibited at) Ocean to Outback: Australian landscape painting 1850-1950 (exhibited at) Coolgardie Exhibition (exhibited at)	New South Wales Society of Artists (exhibited at) New English Art Club (exhibited at) Royal Academy (exhibited at) New Salon (exhibited at) Society of Women Artists (exhibited at) The Australian Landscape (exhibited at) solo show (exhibited at) New South Wales Society of Artists (exhibited at) Margaret Preston and Thea Proctor (exhibited at) Old Salon (exhibited at) Ocean to Outback: Australian landscape painting 1850-1950 (exhibited at)

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Margaret Preston b. 29 April 1875

State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

Manly Art Gallery, Manly, Sydney, NSW

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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