Margaret Geddes (artist)

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Margaret Geddes
Born7 November 1914
Cheam, Surrey
Died1998 (aged 83–84)
NationalityBritish
Education Westminster School of Art
Known forLandscape and figure painter

Margaret Geddes (7 November 1914 – 1998) was a British oil painter of landscapes and figure subjects who later developed an abstract style.

Biography

Geddes was born in Cheam in Surrey and attended school in Eastbourne. [1] She studied at the Westminster School of Art in London, where she was taught by both Walter Bayes and Mark Gertler, from 1930 to 1936. [2] [3] Geddes began exhibiting in group shows while still a student and in 1938 was elected to the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers. [2] [4]

During World War II Geddes worked as a draughtswoman in the Fire Service Department of the Home Office. [4] After the war, she resumed her exhibition career, showing regularly with the London Group, the New English Art Club, the Society of Women Artists and at the Royal Academy. [2] The Leicester Galleries and the Redfern Gallery also displayed her work. [4] Her first solo exhibition was hosted by the Artists' International Association in 1950. [1] Further solo exhibitions at the Halesworth Gallery in Suffolk and at Teddington in 1973 followed. [1] From 1951 to 1955, Geddes served as the chairperson of the Women's International Art Club. [4]

Over time, Geddes's painting moved from figuration to abstraction. [5] In 1996 Geddes, with Alzheimer's Disease retired to a nursing home. Retrospectives of her work were held at the Woodlands Art Gallery in London during 1998 and at Camden Fine Art in Bath the following year. [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN   0-953260-95-X.
  2. 1 2 3 Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  3. 1 2 Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 5 Dyck-Gemiguani. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN   2-7000-3075-3.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN   1-85149-106-6.
  5. ↑ Denys J Wilcox (1998). Margaret Geddes. St Ives Publishing. ISBN   0948385278.
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