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Margaret Rose Preston (29 April 1875 – 28 May 1963) was an Australian artist. She was known during the 1920s to 1940s for her modernist works as a painter and printmaker and for introducing Aboriginal motifs into contemporary art.〔 ==Early life and education== Margaret Rose Preston was born on 29 April 1875 in Port Adelaide to David McPherson, a Scottish marine engineer, and Prudence McPherson. She was the first-born child; her sister Ethelwynne was born in 1877. The family referred to Margaret by her middle name Rose, and Preston went by this name until her mid-30s, when she began to use her given name Margaret. Preston was educated at Fort Street Girls' High School for two years following the family's move to Sydney in 1885. Preston's interest in art began at the age of twelve, first through china painting, and then through private art classes with William Lister Lister. Preston recalled her formative years and budding interest in art in her article "From Eggs to Electrolux," printed in Sydney Ure Smith's ''Art in Australia'' (1927), which published many of Preston's articles and reproductions of her work throughout her life. "From Eggs to Electrolux" provides insight into Preston's personality and legendary ego through a sentimental recollection of her life, written at age 52, at the height of her career. Writing in the third person, Preston recalled her first experience of visiting the Art Gallery of New South Wales, aged twelve, with her mother. :"I remember quite well my excitement on going through the turnstile to be let at large in a big, quiet, nice smelling place with a lot of pictures hanging on the walls and here and there students sitting on high stools copying at easels. My first impression was not of the beauty of wonder of the pictures, but how nice it must be to sit on a high stool with people giving you 'looks' as they went by. This visit led me to the decision to be an artist." Preston's formal art training was distinguished by her instruction under major Australian artists. From her initial training with Lister Lister, Preston went on to study at the prestigious National Gallery of Victoria Art School under Frederick McCubbin from 1889 to 1894. This training was interrupted by her father's critical illness, which forced her to return to Adelaide to be with her family. Following her father's death in 1895, Preston resumed her studies at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School with Bernard Hall, where her tuition included drawing from the nude model, a practice which Preston initially disliked, preferring to work quietly at still life in an adjoining studio. Preston wanted to choose her own subjects and paint her pictures as she would, leaving all thought of selling out of her mind. Preston's precocious talents were acknowledged throughout her training, winning her various drawing awards including the prestigious Still Life Scholarship in 1897. In 1898 she furthered her studies at Adelaide's School of Design, under H. P. Gill and Hans Heysen. Leon Gellert, the writer, poet and co-publisher of ''Art and Australia'', was a fellow student at the time, and remembered Preston as a lively redhead who figured prominently at the school. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Margaret Preston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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