Margaret Frances Ellen Baskerville b. 14 September 1861

Also known as Margaret Richardson, Margaret Baskerville
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Despite training across several artistic disciplines Baskerville is best known for her sculpture, indeed she is regarded as Victoria's first professional woman sculptor. In 1911 Baskerville achieved a first for Australian women sculptors when she was awarded the major commission for a political figure, a bronze monument of the former Premier of Victoria, Sir Thomas Bent.

Citations

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art, vol. 2’, Sydney, NSW (reprint 1980), Margaret Baskerville Working on Her Sculpture of Thomas Bent, photograph.

  • Rose, Margaret A. (1988), 'Victorian Artists: Margaret Baskerville 1861-1930 and C. Douglas Richardson 1853-1932’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Scarlett, Ken (1979), 'Margaret Baskerville, sculptor’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7.

  • Vidler, E. A. (1980), 'Margaret Baskerville, Sculptor’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Baskerville, Margaret, 'Diaries 1904-6 (catalogued under 'Mrs Richardson’)’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, B1687.

  • (1919), Australasian, 04-12.

  • Scarlett, Ken (1980), 'Australian Sculptors’, West Melbourne, Vic.

  • Michael Bogle, “The Cafe Australia, Melbourne, 1915-1916.” Australiana, 1996, pp.92-97

See also

  • 'Heritage, section 9, plate 376'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions