Elsie Margaret (Margaret) Stones Australia, 1920-2018
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About Margaret Stones
Born in Colac, Victoria in 1920, Margaret Stones studied at the National Gallery School of Victoria and at Swinburne Technical College. Principally a botanical artist, after solo shows in Melbourne from 1947 to 1951 she moved to London and worked as principal contributing artist to Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Between 1958 and 1983 she produced more than 400 watercolour drawings for the magazine. In 1957 she created designs for several Australian stamps. In 1977 Stones was made a Member of the British Empire and in 1988 a Member of the Order of Australia for 'service to art as an illustrator of botanical specimens. From 1976 she spent 14 years completing over 200 drawings for the book Native Flora of Louisana published in 1991 as part of Louisiana State University's celebration of the American bicentennial and another book of her work, Beauty in Truth: the Botanical Art of Margaret Stones was published by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1995.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Margaret Stones from 1978 and in total 49 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 44 (90%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,346 for Banksia Serrata sold by Mossgreen Auctions in November 2008. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Margaret Stones are held by the Ian Potter Museum of Art, National Gallery of Victoria and a further four major public national galleries (see list below).
Margaret Stones 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 912
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 651
- Germaine, Max. A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991. Page 428
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 369
- 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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