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'''Margo Maeckelberghe''' (11 August 1932 – 10 January 2014) <ref>{{cite news|last=Tooby|first=Mike|title=Margo Maeckelberghe obituary: Painter who connected her local roots with artistic modernism to capture the drama of the Cornish landscape|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jan/31/margo-maeckelberghe|accessdate=2 February 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=31 January 2014|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6bvo4jm6S |archivedate=30 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ruhrmund|first=Frank|title=TRIBUTE: Cornish art world says farewell to a painter who reflected her home|url=http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/TRIBUTE-Cornish-art-world-says-farewell-painter/story-20454079-detail/story.html|newspaper=Western Morning News|date=16 January 2014|accessdate=2 February 2014|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6bvpZEjNE |archivedate=30 September 2015}}</ref> was a [[Cornish people|Cornish]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Williams|first=Michael|title=Margo Maeckelberghe|newspaper=Cornish Magazine|date=November 1963|volume=vol.6|issue=issue:7}}</ref> [[Gorsedh Kernow| |
'''Margo Maeckelberghe''' (11 August 1932 – 10 January 2014) <ref name="GuardianObit">{{cite news|last=Tooby|first=Mike|title=Margo Maeckelberghe obituary: Painter who connected her local roots with artistic modernism to capture the drama of the Cornish landscape|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jan/31/margo-maeckelberghe|accessdate=2 February 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=31 January 2014|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6bvo4jm6S |archivedate=30 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="Morning">{{cite news|last=Ruhrmund|first=Frank|title=TRIBUTE: Cornish art world says farewell to a painter who reflected her home|url=http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/TRIBUTE-Cornish-art-world-says-farewell-painter/story-20454079-detail/story.html|newspaper=Western Morning News|date=16 January 2014|accessdate=2 February 2014|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6bvpZEjNE |archivedate=30 September 2015}}</ref> was a [[Cornish people|Cornish]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Williams|first=Michael|title=Margo Maeckelberghe|newspaper=Cornish Magazine|date=November 1963|volume=vol.6|issue=issue:7}}</ref> [[Gorsedh Kernow|Bard]] and artist. |
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==Early life and education== |
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==Background== |
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She was born ''' |
She was born '''Margaret Oates Try''' in [[Penzance]], where she grew up and lived for most of her life. She studied at the Penzance School of Art, and the [[Bath Academy of Art]] from 1949-52.<ref name="GuardianObit" /> |
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[[File:Cornish Garden No.1 (Margo Maeckelberghe's Garden) Peter Liddle, 1988.jpg|thumb|''Cornish Garden No.1 (Margo Maeckelberghe's Garden)'' by [[Peter Liddle (artist)|Peter Liddle]], 1988]] |
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==Career== |
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She returned to Cornwall after spending two years teaching in London and Gibraltar. Maeckelberghe was best known for her dramatic contemporary landscapes and seascapes in oil.<ref>Peta-Jane Field, [http://www.artcornwall.org/features/Margo_Maeckelburghe_Rose_Hilton.htm "Margo Maeckelberghe and Rose Hilton: Two Penwith painters"] ''ArtCornwall.org'' (2008).</ref> For many years her studio was at "Carn Cottage" at the top of the moors between Penzance and [[Zennor]]. "For me, the coasts, seas, moors, skies and rocks of Cornwall offer inexhaustible painting material," she told an interviewer in 2008.<ref name="Morning" /> In 1963 she organized the first show of Belgian artists in West Cornwall, at the Newlyn Art Gallery in Penzance.<ref>Melissa Hardie, [https://books.google.com/books?id=C6R_4AYYlHoC&lpg=PA1962&dq=Margo%20Maeckelberghe&pg=PA1962#v=onepage&q=Margo%20Maeckelberghe&f=false ''100 Years of Newlyn: Diary of a Gallery''] (Hypatia Publications 1995): 1962. ISBN 9781872229225</ref> In the 1990s she was elected Chair of the [[Penwith Society of Artists]] and was elected a [[Gorsedh Kernow|Cornish Bard]] in 1997.<ref name="GuardianObit" /> In 2008, "Extended Landscape," a major exhibition of her works, opened at [[Tate St. Ives]].<ref>Angie McDonald, [http://www.tate.org.uk/download/file/fid/6567 "Notes for Teachers: Margo Maeckelberghe, 'Extended Landscape'"] (Tate St. Ives 2008).</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Margo Oates Try married a Belgian-born doctor, Willy Maeckelberghe. They had two sons, Paul and Nico. Widowed in 2007, she died in 2014, aged 81 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Belgrave Gallery St. Ives: Margo Maeckelberghe|url=http://www.belgravestives.co.uk/pages/biography/1138.html|accessdate=2 January 2013}}</ref> "We have lost a distinguished ambassador," declared the ''Cornish Guardian'' in a brief obituary salute.<ref>[http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/beauty-surrounds/story-20563005-detail/story.html "The Beauty that Surrounds Us"] ''Cornish Guardian'' (February 5, 2014).</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 12:55, 13 August 2016
Margo Maeckelberghe (11 August 1932 – 10 January 2014) [1][2] was a Cornish[3] Bard and artist.
Early life and education
She was born Margaret Oates Try in Penzance, where she grew up and lived for most of her life. She studied at the Penzance School of Art, and the Bath Academy of Art from 1949-52.[1]
_Peter_Liddle,_1988.jpg)
Career
She returned to Cornwall after spending two years teaching in London and Gibraltar. Maeckelberghe was best known for her dramatic contemporary landscapes and seascapes in oil.[4] For many years her studio was at "Carn Cottage" at the top of the moors between Penzance and Zennor. "For me, the coasts, seas, moors, skies and rocks of Cornwall offer inexhaustible painting material," she told an interviewer in 2008.[2] In 1963 she organized the first show of Belgian artists in West Cornwall, at the Newlyn Art Gallery in Penzance.[5] In the 1990s she was elected Chair of the Penwith Society of Artists and was elected a Cornish Bard in 1997.[1] In 2008, "Extended Landscape," a major exhibition of her works, opened at Tate St. Ives.[6]
Personal life
Margo Oates Try married a Belgian-born doctor, Willy Maeckelberghe. They had two sons, Paul and Nico. Widowed in 2007, she died in 2014, aged 81 years.[7] "We have lost a distinguished ambassador," declared the Cornish Guardian in a brief obituary salute.[8]
References
- ^ a b c Tooby, Mike (31 January 2014). "Margo Maeckelberghe obituary: Painter who connected her local roots with artistic modernism to capture the drama of the Cornish landscape". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ a b Ruhrmund, Frank (16 January 2014). "TRIBUTE: Cornish art world says farewell to a painter who reflected her home". Western Morning News. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ Williams, Michael (November 1963). "Margo Maeckelberghe". Cornish Magazine. vol.6 (issue:7).
{{cite journal}}:|issue=has extra text (help);|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Peta-Jane Field, "Margo Maeckelberghe and Rose Hilton: Two Penwith painters" ArtCornwall.org (2008).
- ^ Melissa Hardie, 100 Years of Newlyn: Diary of a Gallery (Hypatia Publications 1995): 1962. ISBN 9781872229225
- ^ Angie McDonald, "Notes for Teachers: Margo Maeckelberghe, 'Extended Landscape'" (Tate St. Ives 2008).
- ^ "Belgrave Gallery St. Ives: Margo Maeckelberghe". Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "The Beauty that Surrounds Us" Cornish Guardian (February 5, 2014).
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