Margo Lewers b. 1908

Also known as Margo Plate, Henrietta Margaret Ernestine Lewers
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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.
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See also

  • 'Frank Hinder, Margo Draws a Vertebrae 1945, coloured pencil 16 x 24 cm, sold Deutscher-Menzies 1 May 2001, lot 180 (colour ill, est. $700-1,000) inscribed 'Penrith - 45 F.C.H' (terrific small sketch)'.
  • 'Heritage chapter 5, plate 223, Studio n.d. (c.1952), watercolour and ink on paper 38 x 26 cm. Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, gift of the artist's daughters, Darani Lewers and Tanya Crothers'.

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  • Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England, UK (associate of)
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  • Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains, NSW (collected in)
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  • Peter Bray Gallery (exhibited at)
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