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Latitude
-32.8983333
Longitude
151.7344444
Start Date
1890-01-01
End Date
1975-01-01

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tb91fb

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Birth Place
Mayfield, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Biography
Painter, illustrator, printmaker and writer, was born Margaret Arnott at Mayfield, NSW, on 6 June 1890. She visited England frequently and made etchings, linocuts, screenprints and woodcuts. She exhibited linocuts with the Younger Group of Australian Artists in the Education Dept Gallery, Sydney, in 1924-25. As Margaret Oppen she made bookplates, including Bookplate for Eirene Mort c.1930 (wood engraving, NLA S9651) and a linocut bookplate for Edith Potter in 1934 of butterflies with an inscription in German, 'I love the little denizens of air’ (ill. The Age of Ex Libris: Bookplates from the Library’s Collection , Baillieu Library MU 1996, n.p.). She was included in Deutscher’s Survey of Relief Prints, 1900 50 in 1978. Her granddaughter is the artist Monica Oppen. This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1996 Last updated: 2007
Born
b. 6 June 1890
Summary
A painter, illustrator, printmaker and writer, Margaret Arnott visited England frequently and exhibited with the Younger Group of Australian Artists in Sydney. Her granddaughter is the artist Monica Oppen.
Gender
Female
Died
1975
Age at death
85