Special Achievements

• 1920s - First white artist to be deeply influenced by Aboriginal art.
• A Modernist artist, with her main work oil on canvas and her bold flower paintings. 

References

• Margaret Preston.  (2006, March 11). Retrieved from http://www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au/preston_bio_0503.htm

Link - Preston, Margaret (1875 - 1963)

The Australian Women's Register

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Link - Preston, Margaret Rose (1875–1963)

Australian Dictionary of Biography

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The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia

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Image - Margaret Preston plaque

Jubilee 150 Walkway plaque commemorating Margaret Preston

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Link - Margaret Preston

Wikipedia

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Art Gallery of NSW

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Image - Australian artist Margaret Preston, outside her home in Berowra

Creator: Cazneaux, Harold, 1878-1953 Title: Margaret Preston at her home, Berowra [picture] / Harold Cazneaux Call Number: PIC HCJ J76 LOC Cold store Box HC J76 Created/Published: 1936

This image is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired.