Margaret Olrog Stoddart New Zealand, Britain, Europe, 1865-1934
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About Margaret Stoddart
Born in Diamond Harbour on the Banks Peninsula , New Zealand in 1865, Margaret Stoddart was educated in Edinburgh, Scotland. Returning to New Zealand with her family in 1880, she ennrolled at the Canterbury School of Art. Her art career began in th e1880s making her one of the first women to be a professional artist in New Zealand. A watercolourist, best remembered for her studies of flowers and river beds, she exhibited her work in Canberbury from 1883. In the late 1890s she went to England and Europe, where she exhibited at the Royal Academy, Paris Salon and he Newlyn School in Cornwall, before returning to New Zealand about 1906. Stoddart taught at the Canterbury School of Arts, was a council member of the Society of Arts, and was a leading member of the Christchurch art community.
Margaret Stoddart is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1980 of 649, of which 437 (67%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $38,311 for Red & White Roses sold by Watson's Auctioneers in July 2007. This year 7 works have been offered for sale. Works by Margaret Stoddart are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Margaret Stoddart is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Gil Docking, with additions by Michael Gunn covering 1970-90. Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman Ltd., New Zealand, 1990 Page 116
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 234
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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