Margaret Saunders Australia, 1882-1959
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About Margaret Saunders
Margaret Saunders was born and educated in Ireland, and studied art at the Dublin School of Art. She migrated to Western Australia in 1920 and was assistant to Henri van Raalte at the Perth School of Art, and also taught at secondary level in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Working with a variety of media including watercolour, pastel and multiples, she exhibited with the WA Society of Arts in the 1920s and 1930s and was a founder and first president of the WA Women's Society of Fine Arts and Crafts (later the Women Painters and Applied Arts Society), with which she exhibited in 1936-37, 1939, 1940-41 and 1945. Her work was included in the Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings organised by the War Art Council in 1942.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Margaret Saunders from 1991 and in total 20 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 14 (70%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,200 for Peter Pan, Queens Garden sold by GFL Fine Art in May 1998. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2019.
Margaret Saunders is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
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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