Margo Lewers b. 1908

Also known as Margo Plate, Henrietta Margaret Ernestine Lewers
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Ceramist),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
Margo Lewers was primarily a painter and an admirer of the Bauhaus movement which she experienced during travels in Germany in 1934. She was initially active as a commercial artist, textile designer, potter and gallery manager [Notanda, Sydney, closed in 1939, reopened 1940]. As a leading abstract expressionist painter, she received favourable reviews, won many awards and her work was included in major exhibitions.

Citations

  • '(Family papers)’.

  • Crayford, Michael (2000), 'Lewers, Hettie Margaret Ernestine (Margot) (1908-1978)’, Melbourne, Vic : in Australian Dictionary of Biography, (Volume 15), Ritchie, John (ed.).

  • Bell, Pamela (2002), 'Margo Lewers Retrospective’, Sydney, NSW : S.H. Ervin Gallery catalogue (travelling exhibition).

  • Eccles, Jeremy (2002), 'Margo Lewers: At Last A Retrospective’, Art & Australia 40/1 (Spring 2002), 67-69.

  • Hickey, Denise (1982), 'Gerald and Margo Lewers: Their Lives and Their Work’, Mosman, NSW.

  • Kerr, Joan (2003), 'Margo Lewers: Thoroughly Modern’, Australian Art Collector 24 (April-June 2003), 68-70.

  • Pamela Bell. “Margo Lewers and the establishment of Notanda Gallery.” Sydney Moderns, AGNSW, 2013, pp.274-277

  • Michael Bogle. “Architecture, Coffee and Cocktails.” Leisure Space. P. Hogben and J. O’Callaghan, eds. 2014, p.124 (Canberra Rex mural)

See also

  • 'Frank Hinder, Margo Draws a Vertebrae 1945, coloured pencil 16 x 24 cm, sold Deutscher-Menzies 1 May 2001, lot 180 (colour ill, est. $700-1,000) inscribed 'Penrith - 45 F.C.H' (terrific small sketch)'.
  • 'Heritage chapter 5, plate 223, Studio n.d. (c.1952), watercolour and ink on paper 38 x 26 cm. Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, gift of the artist's daughters, Darani Lewers and Tanya Crothers'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions