Margot Leonie Luise Philips New Zealand, 1902-88
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About Margot Leonie Luise Philips
Margot Phillips was born in Germany, and after the death of both her parents she left Germany to live in London, and then moved to Hamilton, New Zealand in 1958 where her brother resided. She studied art at Hamilton Technical School, the Workers' Educational Association, and Ardmore Teachers' Training College. Colin McCahon mentored and taught her at Auckland Art Gallery summer school. She first exhibited in 1958, followed by other exhibitions throughout New Zealand until 1987.
In our database, 34 works by Margot Philips are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1990, of which 22 (65%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $5,729 for A Waikato Landscape sold by Art+Object in September 2007. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Margot Philips are held by the Auckland Art Gallery and Museum Of New Zealand.
Margot Leonie Luise Philips 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 166
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 199
- 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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