Margaret Preston: Art and Life

Margaret Preston’s (1875–1963) paintings and woodblock prints are among the most popular in Australian art. Modern, cosmopolitan and intensely coloured, Preston’s images of still-life subjects and the Sydney metropolis capture a moment of extraordinary innovation in the history of Australian art. Preston was one of the country’s first serious advocates of Aboriginal art: her early appropriation, and promotion, of Aboriginal imagery has contributed to her ongoing significance. This comprehensive exhibition presents around 100 paintings and 80 prints as well as pottery, textiles and illustrative work. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated monograph and, for the first time, a catalogue raisonné of Preston’s paintings, monotypes and ceramics (on CD-ROM).

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Margaret Preston: Art and Life