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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  • solo show (exhibited at)
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  • Old Salon (exhibited at)
  • Ocean to Outback: Australian landscape painting 1850-1950 (exhibited at)
  • Coolgardie Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • A Century of Australian Women's Art (1880s-1990s) (exhibited at)
  • Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection (exhibited at)
  • A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers (exhibited at)
  • Trust the Women, (exhibited at)
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • Colonial Pastime to Contemporary Profession: 150 years of Australian Women's Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Women Artists of the Twentieth Century from the collection of Elinor and Fred Wrobel (exhibited at)
  • In the Company of Women: 100 years of Australian women's art from the Cruthers collection (exhibited at)
  • South Australian Women Artists: paintings from the 1890s to the 1940s (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • The Work of Art: Australian women writers and artists (exhibited at)
  • Sydney by Design: Wood and linoblock prints by Sydney women artists between the Wars (exhibited at)
  • With a Brush in Her Hand: Works from the Howard Hinton, Coventry and NERAM collections (exhibited at)
  • The Women's View: Australian women artists in the Bendigo Art Gallery, 1888-1995 (exhibited at)
  • Women on Paper: from the collections: late nineteenth century to the present (exhibited at)
  • Australian Women Printmakers 1910-1940 (exhibited at)
  • New Salon (exhibited at)
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