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Margaret Rose Preston (29 April 1875 – 28 May 1963) was an Australian painter and printmaker who is regarded as one of Australia's leading modernists of the early 20th century. In her quest to foster an Australian "national art", she was also one of the first non-Indigenous Australian artists to use Aboriginal motifs in her work. [1]
One of Australia’s most significant artists, Margaret Preston was a key figure in the development of modern art in Sydney from the 1920s to the 1950s. Renowned for her paintings and woodcuts of local landscapes and native flora, she was an outspoken public voice on Australian culture and championed a distinctly Australian style, based on the ...
Learn about the life and work of Margaret Preston, one of Australia's leading modernist artists. Explore her paintings, craft, lectures and travels, and see her self portrait in the gallery collection.
Learn about the life and work of Margaret Preston, a pioneer of Modernism and printmaking in Australia. See her portraits of Flapper and Myra, and how they reflect the changing times and styles.
A major retrospective of Margaret Preston, one of Australia's most innovative early modernists and celebrated artists. Explore her paintings, prints, pottery, textiles and documents that reflect her distinctive Australian style and vision.
Dec 18, 2004 · An exhibition of prints by Margaret Preston (1875–1963), a pioneer of Australian art and printmaking. Explore her diverse styles and themes, from decorative woodcuts to abstract stencils, and her personal archive of documents and photos.
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With only the essential identifiers to hand—her palette, a pot of Australian Christmas bells, and her proximity to the ‘modern domestic’ (the gridded brick veneer of urbanised‑suburbanised Australia)— Preston rises from the black expanse of her painting apron with the arresting intellectual power of a visionary gaze.
