Margaret Geddes (artist)
For the Australian writer, Margaret Geddes, see Margaret Geddes (disambiguation).
Margaret Geddes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 November 1914 |
| Died | 1998 (aged 83–84) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Westminster School of Art |
| Known for | Landscape 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]
References
- ^ a b c d David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.
- ^ a b c Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
- ^ a b Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 5 Dyck-Gemiguani. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2 7000 3075 3.
- ^ a b c d Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 106 6.
- ^ Denys J Wilcox (1998). Margaret Geddes. St Ives Publishing. ISBN 0948385278.