Margo Maeckelberghe
Margo Maeckelberghe (11 August 1932 – 10 January 2014) [1][2] was a Cornish[3] Cornish Bard and artist.
Background
She was born Margo Try in Penzance, where she grew up and lived for most of her life. For many years her studio was a cottage at the top of the moors between Penzance and Zennor. She studied at the Penzance School of Art, and the Bath Academy of Art from 1949-52. She returned to Cornwall after spending two years teaching in London and Gibraltar. In the 1990s she was elected Chair of the Penwith Society of Artists and was elected a Cornish Bard in 1997. Widowed in 2007, she was survived by two sons, Paul and Nico, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.[4]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Belgrave Gallery St. Ives: Margo Maeckelberghe". Retrieved 2 January 2013.
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