Comments on: Who requested Margaret Preston’s self portrait and why?

By: guess who at large

guess who at large — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:07:59 +0000

Hi! Here… read:
http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-14_u-114_t-307_c-1038/margaret-preston/nsw/margaret-preston/australia-between-the-wars-1930s/contribution-and-significance-of-an-individual-in-the-1930s
http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=599&c=1993
http://www.pr.mq.edu.au/macnews/showitem.asp?ItemID=406
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By: emily y

emily y — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:50:59 +0000

I think you are right. The trustee’s of the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1929 invited her to paint a self portrait for the collection. I think they did so just because she was one of Australia’s most influential modernists, and she was considered a spokesperson for Australian art and artists at this time.
References :
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/archived/2005/margaret_preston/more