Margaret B. Weir b. 1856 Steiglitz, Vic.

  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer) , (Painter)
Weir was a painter, art teacher and gifted needleworker, though she regarded this element of her artistic life as a hobby. A student at the National Gallery School in Victoria, Weir's later wildflower watercolours were said to be inspired by the style of Ellis Rowan.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1995
Name
Margaret B. Weir
Birth date
7 October 1856
Birth place
Steiglitz, Vic.
Death date
2 August 1934
Death place
Parkville, Melbourne, Vic.
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Royal Parade, Parkville, Melbourne, Vic.
Other Occupation
  • art teacher
Active Period
  • c.1890- c.1932
Languages
  • English
Training
  • 1890- 1891 National Gallery of Victoria School, Melbourne, Vic.
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

painter, art teacher and needleworker, was born on 7 October 1856 at Steiglitz, Victoria. In 1890-91 she attended classes at the National Gallery School, Melbourne. For most of her life she lived in Royal Parade, Parkville, and attempted to make a living by giving lessons in painting. Although a gifted needleworker, she regarded this as a hobby. Painting was her profession, and she is reputed to have held an exhibition of her paintings in the Melbourne Town Hall in the late 1920s or early 1930s. In later life she devoted herself to watercolours of wildflowers in the style of Ellis Rowan . She died at Parkville on 2 August 1934.

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Writers:
McPhee, John
Date written:
1995
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Ellis Rowan
1848
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
[solo exhibition]
None
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Vic
See also:
  • ADD section 4, plate 170