Margaret Preston

Margaret Preston ( Margaret Rose McPherson ) (* 1875 in Adelaide, Australia, † May 28 1963 in Mosman, Sydney ) was a renowned Australian artist.

Life

She was the eldest daughter of David McPherson, a marine engineer, and Prudance Cleverton (born Lyle ). By 1885 the family lived in Sydney. 1888 began an apprenticeship with the artist Artist William Lister Lister and in 1893 she began studying at the National Gallery School of Design in Melbourne.

1894 she moved to Adelaide and 1896, she returned to Melbourne. There she studied at the National Gallery School of Painting at Bernard Hall. In 1898, she was still studying in Adeleide at the School of Design, Painting and Technical Arts at Harry Gill. Thanks to the inheritance her mother, she opened a studio in 1903 and traveled to Europe. There she took part in the Munich art school for women in the lessons. Then she went to Paris where she was accepted at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français. Since that time, she developed a style of art, which was very decorative or abstract and the European on the painting styles and the Japanese ukiyo -e based.

In 1920 she married William Preston. During this time she worked on a concept for national art and was a commentator on cultural questions of design and modern art in Australia. In the nineties of the 19th century was as a painter because of its extraordinary modern works in which they introduced the Aboriginemotive very successful.

Exhibitions

Awards

Collections

• National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and all state gallery collections
• Regional collections in Australia and New Zealand * collections at the universities of Australia and Yale University,
• Public collections in Australia and New Zealand