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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Name
Margo Lewers
Also known as:
  • Margo Plate
  • Henrietta Margaret Ernestine Lewers
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Ceramist)
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
Other Occupation
  • Proprietor of Interior design store (ANZSIC code: 6924) -
Birth date
1908
Birth place
Mosman, Sydney, NSW
Death date
1978
Active Period
  • c.1941 - c.1969
  • 1934 - 1940
Training
  • 1945 - 1950 Desiderius Orban, Sydney, NSW
  • 1934 - 1935 Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

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Related events
  • Peter Bray Gallery (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Art Society (exhibited at)
  • Margo Lewers retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Women at Watters (exhibited at)
  • Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection (exhibited at)
  • Women Artists from the Collection (exhibited at)
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • Australian Women Artists of the Twentieth Century from the collection of Elinor and Fred Wrobel (exhibited at)
  • Off the Wall: Art from the very eclectic collection of Liverpool City Council (exhibited at)
  • The Other Side of the Coin: Women artists from the Albury collection (exhibited at)
  • Margo Lewers: Small Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Drawings & Paintings: A Group Show (exhibited at)
  • Paintings & Sculpture (exhibited at)
  • Mike Brown Appeal Fund Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Look, Look Again (exhibited at)
  • Recent Australian Painting (exhibited at)
  • Italian Government travelling art scholarship for painting 1959 (exhibited at)
  • Women Painters: 1st Annual Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Peter Bray Gallery (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Art Society (exhibited at)
  • Margo Lewers retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Women at Watters (exhibited at)
  • Eveolution: An exhibition of women's art from the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection (exhibited at)
  • Women Artists from the Collection (exhibited at)
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • Australian Women Artists of the Twentieth Century from the collection of Elinor and Fred Wrobel (exhibited at)
  • Off the Wall: Art from the very eclectic collection of Liverpool City Council (exhibited at)
  • The Other Side of the Coin: Women artists from the Albury collection (exhibited at)
  • Margo Lewers: Small Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Drawings & Paintings: A Group Show (exhibited at)
  • Paintings & Sculpture (exhibited at)
  • Mike Brown Appeal Fund Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Look, Look Again (exhibited at)
  • Recent Australian Painting (exhibited at)
  • Italian Government travelling art scholarship for painting 1959 (exhibited at)