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Margo Lewers b. 1908

Also known as Margo Plate, Henrietta Margaret Ernestine Lewers

Artist (Painter),
Artist (Ceramist),
Designer (Graphic Designer)

Margo Lewers was primarily a painter and an admirer of the Bauhaus movement which she experienced during travels in Germany in 1934. She was initially active as a commercial artist, textile designer, potter and gallery manager [Notanda, Sydney, closed in 1939, reopened 1940]. As a leading abstract expressionist painter, she received favourable reviews, won many awards and her work was included in major exhibitions.

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Penrith Regional Art Gallery and the Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains, NSW
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

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https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art at the University of Western Australia

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http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/collections/ccwa

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Margo Lewers b. 1908

Penrith Regional Art Gallery and the Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains, NSW

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art at the University of Western Australia

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