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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creator of
The Superimposed Feet
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creator of
Expulsion
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creator of
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
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creator of
Flying over the Shoalhaven River
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creator of
Self Portrait
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creator of
New South Wales Everlastings
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Aboriginal Flowers
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Courtesy of: Eva Breuer Art Dealer
Fuchsia (An Autumn Posy)
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Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink from one block; hand-coloured on tan fibrous paper 7th print

27 × 26.5cm (sight size)

 
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Still-Life
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References [<ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>, <ExternalResource: Seivl, Isobel (1988), 'Preston, Margaret Rose'.>]
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)
  • 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)