Margaret Preston
Margaret Preston | |
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Margaret Preston outside her home in Berowra, 1936. | |
| Born | Margaret Rose McPherson 29 April 1875 Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Died | 28 May 1963 (aged 88) Mosman, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Artworks |
| Style | Modernism |
| Spouse | William George "Bill" Preston |
Margaret Rose Preston (29 April 1875 – 28 May 1963) was an Australian painter, printmaker and writer on art 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. Her works are distinctively signed MP.