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Margaret Olley 1923 - Present
Style
Still Life
Career Status
Blue Chip
Biography
Margaret Olley was born in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia in 1923. Much loved and highly regarded, Margaret Olley is one of Australia’s most respected still-life interior painters.
She became a distinguished member of the Australian art world for the way she used her art to glorify simple, everyday objects and her acts of philanthropy to the visual and performing arts in which she has been an active supporter for many years. In particular via the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Collections
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Art Gallery of New South Wales
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery and Museum
The Centre Gallery, Gold Coast
Artbank
University of NSW
University of Sydney
University Art Museum, University of Queensland
Canberra College of Advanced Education
Australian National University
Queensland Art Gallery
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Rockhampton Art Gallery
Toowoomba Art Gallery
Bendigo Art Gallery
Lismore Regional Art Gallery
Maitland City Art Gallery
Wollongong City Gallery
Canberra School of Art Gallery
Auction Record
$99,871 Ranunculus and Fruits I
Oil on board, Christies Melbourne 06/05/2003, Lot No. 21
Awards
1947 Mosman Art Prize, NSW
1958 Lismore Art Prize, NSW
1962 Redcliffe Art Prize, Queensland
1962 Helena Rubenstein Portrait Prize, WA
1963 Redcliffe Art Prize, Queensland
1963 Finneys' Centenary Art Prize, Queensland
1963 Royal National Agricultural Association Prize, Queensland
1964 Johnsonian Club Art Prize, Queensland
1965 Redcliffe Art Prize, Queensland
1965 Toowoomba Art Society Competition, Queensland
1965 Bendigo Art Prize, Victoria
1991 Appointed Officer (A.O.) Order of Australia
1991 Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Macquarie University
1997 Art Gallery of NSW, Life Governor
2000 Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Queensland
2000 Honorary Doctorate of Visual Arts, University of Sydney
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