Margaret Hetty (Margo) Lewers Australia, 1908-78
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About Margo Lewers
Born in New South Wales in 1908, Margo Lewers studied at Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo's evening art classes and at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London in 1934 and 1935. After returning to Sydney, she completed further evening classes with Desiderius Orban between 1940 and 1945 and worked as an artist for the Sydney 'Daily Telegraph' before taking up a full-time artistic career working with painting, sculpture, tapestry, ceramics and the domestic arts. She became a member of the Sydney branch of the Contemporary Art Society and exhibited in their annual exhibitions. After her death, a major retrospective, the Margo Lewers Retrospective was held at the SH Ervin Galleryin 2002 and toured six regional galleries.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Margo Lewers from 1969 and in total 128 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 107 (84%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $14,950 for Something to Come sold by Christies in June 2000. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Margo Lewers are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Australia and a further four major public national galleries (see list below).
Margo Lewers is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 612
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 334
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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