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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Name
Margaret Preston
Also known as:
  • Margaret Rose McPherson
  • Rose McPherson
  • Margaret Rose Macpherson
  • Margaret Rose Preston
  • Margaret Macpherson
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102)
Birth date
29 April 1875
Death date
28 May 1963
Death place
Mosman, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1884 - c.1963
Residence
  • 1939 - 1963 Mosman, Sydney, NSW
  • 1932 - 1939 Berowra, Sydney, NSW
  • 1920 - 1932 Mosman, Sydney, NSW
  • 1913 - 1914 Brittany, France
  • 1913 - 1914 Paris, France
  • 1912 - 1913 London, England, UK
  • 1907 - 1912 Adelaide, SA
  • 1904 - 1907 Europe
  • 1896 - 1898 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1898 - 1904 Adelaide, SA
  • 1894 - 1896 Adelaide, SA
  • 1893 - 1894 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1884 - 1893 Sydney, NSW
  • 1875 - 1884 Port Adelaide, SA
Training
  • 1884 W. Lister Lister, Sydney, NSW
  • Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, Camberwell, London, England, UK
  • Munich Government Art School for Women, Germany
  • 1896 - 1898 National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
  • School of Design, Adelaide, SA
  • 1893 - 1894 National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
Cultural Heritage
  • Quaker
  • Scottish
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
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  • Royal Academy (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)
  • 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)
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  • 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)
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  • 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)
  • Look, Look Again (exhibited at)
  • Look, Look Again (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of paintings by women artists (exhibited at)
  • New South Wales Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • New English Art Club (exhibited at)
  • Royal Academy (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)
  • 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)
  • Look, Look Again (exhibited at)
  • Look, Look Again (exhibited at)