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Margaret Hannah Olley BIOGRAPHY
1923 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia - 2011. Known for: Interior and still-life painting.
Following is the obituary of the artist, published July 31, 2011, in The Telegraph, London. As an artist, Margaret Olley was best known for oil paintings of home interiors, still lifes of carefully... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist, published July 31, 2011, in The Telegraph, London. As an artist, Margaret Olley was best known for oil paintings of home interiors, still lifes of carefully arranged objects such as bowls, plates, jugs, flowers and fruit. She painted from an exuberant... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist, published July 31, 2011, in The Telegraph, London. As an artist, Margaret Olley was best known for oil paintings of home interiors, still lifes of carefully arranged objects such as bowls, plates, jugs, flowers and fruit. She painted from an exuberant palette influenced by Pierre Bonnard and her career was supported by high-profile collectors, including the satirist Barry Humphries, who once praised her for standing bravely against the tide of "sterile... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist, published July 31, 2011, in The Telegraph, London. As an artist, Margaret Olley was best known for oil paintings of home interiors, still lifes of carefully arranged objects such as bowls, plates, jugs, flowers and fruit. She painted from an exuberant palette influenced by Pierre Bonnard and her career was supported by high-profile collectors, including the satirist Barry Humphries, who once praised her for standing bravely against the tide of "sterile abstraction and slapdash expressionism" and scorning the "artist poseurs and charlatans who infest arts bureaucracies". Margaret Olley was equally well-known as a philanthropist. Over the years she donated more than 130 works of art — her own as well... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist, published July 31, 2011, in The Telegraph, London. As an artist, Margaret Olley was best known for oil paintings of home interiors, still lifes of carefully arranged objects such as bowls, plates, jugs, flowers and fruit. She painted from an exuberant palette influenced by Pierre Bonnard and her career was supported by high-profile collectors, including the satirist Barry Humphries, who once praised her for standing bravely against the tide of "sterile abstraction and slapdash expressionism" and scorning the "artist poseurs and charlatans who infest arts bureaucracies". Margaret Olley was equally well-known as a philanthropist. Over the years she donated more than 130 works of art — her own as well as works by other artists, including important lithographs by Picasso, Cézanne and Bonnard, to public collections in Australia. Sh... Read full biography
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Following is the obituary of the artist, published July 31, 2011, in The Telegraph, London.
As an artist, Margaret Olley was best known for oil paintings of home interiors, still lifes of carefully arranged objects such as bowls, plates, jugs, flowers and fruit. She painted from an exuberant palette influenced by Pierre Bonnard and her career was supported by high-profile collectors, including the satirist Barry Humphries, who once praised her for standing bravely against the tide of "sterile abstraction and slapdash expressionism" and scorning the "artist poseurs and charlatans who infest arts bureaucracies".
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