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 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

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References [<ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>, <ExternalResource: Seivl, Isobel (1988), 'Preston, Margaret Rose'.>]
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  • 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)
  • 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)
  • solo show (exhibited at)
  • New South Wales Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • Margaret Preston and Thea Proctor (exhibited at)
  • Old Salon (exhibited at)