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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associate of
Sydney Ure Smith
1887
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Graphic Designer), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Bessie Davidson
1879
Artist
child of
David McPherson
Other occupation
child of
née Lyle Prudence Cleverdon
Other occupation
associate of
W. Lister Lister
Artist
spouse of
William George Preston
Other occupation
associate of
Edith Collier
Artist
associate of
George Bell
1875
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Stella Bowen
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Rupert Bunny
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Mona Byrnes
1875
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
George Coates
1875
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Theodora Esther Cowan
1875
Artist, Artist (Painter), Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
Alice Danciger
1875
Artist (Painter), Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer), Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
associate of
Mary Edwards
1875
Artist
associate of
Ella J. Osborn Fry
1875
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
May Grigg
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Nancy Adrah Hall
1875
Artist, Artist (Painter)
associate of
William Lister Lister
1875
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Berthe Julie Lucie Mouchette
1875
Artist (Painter)
attributed
associate of
Ethleen Mary Palmer
1875
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Ambrose Patterson
1875
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
Also known as Rose McPherson
associate of
Thea Proctor
1875
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter), Designer (Graphic Designer)
associate of
Hugh Ramsay
1875
Artist (Painter)
Also known as Rose Macpherson
associate of
Gladys Reynell
1875
Artist (Printmaker), Artist, Artist (Painter)
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Ruth (1992), Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Preston, Margaret (5 December 1924), 'Art for crafts: Aboriginal art artfully applied', Home.>, <ExternalResource: Stephen, Ann (1980), 'Margaret Preston's second coming,', Art Network, 2, spring.>, <ExternalResource: Seivl, Isobel (1986), 'Margaret Preston', MA thesis University of Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: (1928), 'Society of Artists Annual Exhibition Catalogue', (cat.154), Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: ''Insurance on Paintings 1942', Margaret Preston Papers', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Burn, Ian; and Stephen, Ann (1992), 'Namatjira's white mask', in Hardy, Jane (Ed.) The Heritage of Namatjira.>, <ExternalResource: Nicholls, Christine (2000), 'From appreciation to appropriation : indigenous influences and images in Australian visual art', Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Baddeley, Claire (ed.) (1999), 'Motif & meaning : Aboriginal influences in Australian art, 1930-1970', Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Edwards, Deborah; with Peel, Rose; and Mimmocchi, Denise (2005), 'Margaret Preston : Art and life', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Preston, Margaret (1930), ''Away with poker-worked kookaburras and gumleaves', Sunday [Daily] Pictorial', 6 April, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Preston, Margaret (1930), ''The application of Aboriginal designs', Art in Australia', 3rd series no. 31, March.>, <ExternalResource: Preston, Margaret (1925), ''The indigenous art of Australia', Art in Australia', 3rd series no. 11, March.>, <ExternalResource: Preston, Margaret (1933), 'An Exhibition 1933', Manuscripts 4 (February 1933).>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Eagle, Mary.>]