Mary Macqueen b. 1912

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Female watercolour painter and printmaker from Melbourne whose landscapes and pictures of animals have been collected by numerous institutions across the country.
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painter and printmaker, learnt printmaking in Melbourne, where she lived, specialising in lithography. Has regularly exhibited her prints – animal life and landscape – since 1945. Her Crater Country 1960 was acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia that year. Included in 1983 Perspecta and in 'The Australians’ at the CDS Gallery, New York, 1984. 1986 Nodrum exhibition of her pencil drawings mainly showed animals, while her solo exhibition of lithographs, drawings and watercolours at Main Street Editions Gallery, Adelaide, in February-March 1996, also comprised birds and animals primarily.

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1996
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References [<ExternalResource: Clearihan, Susan (1985), 'Half the Sky - An exhibition of works on paper by Australian women artists', Art Gallery of SA Travelling Exhibition, p.19.>, <ExternalResource: Holyoake, Mary (1986), 'Introduction', The Drawings of Mary Macqueen, Pioneer Design Studio, Lilydale, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson Australia (revised edition).>, <ExternalResource: (30 August 1986), 'Mary Macqueen Selected Drawings, 1968-82', Charles Nodrum Gallery catalogue, Richmond, Vic.>]