Margo Lewers b. 1908

Also known as Margo Plate, Henrietta Margaret Ernestine Lewers
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Ceramist),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
Margo Lewers, a painter was the first person to introduce the Bauhaus to Australians. As a leading abstract expressionist painter, she received favourable reviews, won many awards and her work was included in major exhibitions. She was also active as a commercial artist, textile designer, potter and gallery manager [Notanda, Rowe Street, Sydney].
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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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References [<ExternalResource: '(Family papers)'.>, <ExternalResource: Crayford, Michael (2000), 'Lewers, Hettie Margaret Ernestine (Margot) (1908-1978)', Melbourne, Vic : in Australian Dictionary of Biography, (Volume 15), Ritchie, John (ed.).>, <ExternalResource: Bell, Pamela (2002), 'Margo Lewers Retrospective', Sydney, NSW : S.H. Ervin Gallery catalogue (travelling exhibition).>, <ExternalResource: Eccles, Jeremy (2002), 'Margo Lewers: At Last A Retrospective', Art & Australia 40/1 (Spring 2002), 67-69.>, <ExternalResource: Hickey, Denise (1982), 'Gerald and Margo Lewers: Their Lives and Their Work', Mosman, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan (2003), 'Margo Lewers: Thoroughly Modern', Australian Art Collector 24 (April-June 2003), 68-70.>] [<ExternalResource: '(Family papers)'.>]