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Margaret Gere
Born(1878-08-23)August 23, 1878
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Died1965 (aged 86–87)
NationalityBritish
Known forPainting

Margaret Gere (23 August 1878 – 1965) was a British artist born in Leamington Spa.

Gere studied at the Birmingham School of Art during the 1890s under her brother, painter Charles March Gere.[1][2] Later in life, she would accompany him on painting trips aboard. From 1900 she studied Italian painting in Florence. In 1905 she enrolled at the Slade School of Art, where she became friends with both Virginia Woolf and Ethel Walker.[3] Gere exhibited works at the New English Art Club, and had solo shows at galleries including the Cotswold Gallery (1922) and the Beaux Arts Gallery (1929).[4] A retrospective was held at Cheltenham Art Gallery in 1984.[5][6]

Works by Gere include Noah's Ark, The Garden of the Slothful and What's for Pudding Today?.[2]

References

  1. ^ Scholes, Robert. "Gere, Margaret (1878-1965)". Modernist Journals Project. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b Buckman, David. "Artists in Britain Since 1945 - Margaret Gere". Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021 – via Art UK.
  3. ^ Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  4. ^ "Margaret Gere". The British Museum. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  5. ^ Foster, Alicia (15 June 2004). Tate Women Artists. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 1-85437-311-0.
  6. ^ Andrews, Gaynor (1984). "Book - Margaret Gere, 1878-1965". Getty Library Catalog. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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