Margery Withers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Margery Pitt Withers (1890–1966) was an Australian artist.

Margery Withers
Phyllis Bromby - Walter Withers' studio, Heidelberg (crop of Margery Withers).jpg
Margery Withers, circa 1903, State Library Victoria
Born1890
England, United Kingdom
Died1966
Heidelberg, Victoria
EducationNational Gallery School
Known forPainting

Early life and family[]

Born in England to Fanny Flinn and noted Australian landscape artist Walter Withers, Margery was brought back to Australia aged six months to live at Charterisville estate at East Ivanhoe, Victoria.[1] Her father worked as art master at various schools in Melbourne such as Presbyterian Ladies College, Ruyton Girls School, Melbourne Grammar School, and Emma Bartlett Cook's Private Girl's School.[1] She studied art at the National Gallery School and the Working Men's College.[2]

Career[]

While at the National Gallery School Withers won nine prizes and was awarded a special prize of £50 by the National Gallery Trustees for her picture "The Letter."[3]

Withers was engaged to fellow student, John (Jack) Martin Paterson, who dedicated a sketch of a kitten to her [4] while a soldier during World War 1. He was killed in action at Villers-Bretonneux in August 1918.[4] In 1927 Margery married artist, Richard Matthew McCann, a founding member of Twenty Melbourne Painters.

Withers painted figures and landscapes in both oil and watercolours, and taught art at Swinburne College for several years, though as a married woman she was asked to resign in 1928 and reapply for a temporary position, without benefits. [5] Her work has been described as "finding charm in every shadow and light under her brush."[6]

She painted at Tawonga,[7] Diamond Creek, and Heidelberg,[8] and exhibited with the Victorian Artists Society[9] and Twenty Melbourne Painters Society.[10] She also showed with artists such as Polly Hurry, Jo Sweatman, and A.M.E. Bale.[11]

Withers has works in collections of Art Gallery of New South Wales, Castlemaine Art Museum, the University of Western Australia, and State Library Victoria. Her portrait of her artist husband Richard McCann was shortlisted for the Archibald Prize in 1939.[12]

Works[]

Exhibitions[]

  • Walter and Margery Withers, Collins House, 1915[13]
  • Catalogue of paintings by Margery Withers, 1922 [State Library Victoria]
    Walter and Margery Withers (watercolours), Athenaeum Hall, 1916[14]
  • Solo exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, 1919[15]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Hall, 1921[16]
  • Group exhibition (Margery, Nancy & Meynell Withers), Athenaeum Hall, 1922[17]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Hall, 1923[18]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Hall, 1925[19]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters 8th annual exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, 1926[20]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Hall, 1927[21]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters 10th annual exhibition, Athenaeum Hall, 1928[22]
  • Solo exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, 1929[23]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1929[24]
  • Exhibition by Mr Ernest Buckmaster, Athenaeum Gallery, 1930[25]
  • Solo exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, 1932[26]
  • Warrandyte Art Exhibition, Penleigh Boyd Studio, 1932[27]
  • Rookwood Gallery opening, 1933[28]
  • Heidelberg Art Show, 1934[29]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters 16th annual exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, 1934[30]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1935[31]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters 18th annual exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, 1936[32]
  • Heidelberg "Inspiration of Landscape Art" exhibition, Heidelberg Town Hall, 1937[33]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1938[11]
  • Heidelberg 3rd art exhibition, Ivanhoe Town Hall, 1940[34]
  • Launceston Art Society (Twenty Melbourne Painters), Queen Victoria Museum, 1943[35]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters 26th annual exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, 1944[36]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1945[37]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1947[38]
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters, Athenaeum Gallery, 1948[39]

Further reading[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Artist's Footsteps". www.artistsfootsteps.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  2. ^ "Withers, Margery Pitt - Artists - Australian Art Auction Records". www.artrecord.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  3. ^ "ART EXHIBITION". Bendigo Independent (Vic. : 1891 - 1918). 1916-10-10. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Newly digitised works on paper". blogs.slv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  5. ^ "WOMAN'S WORLD". Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 1928-09-18. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  6. ^ "VICTORIAN ARTISTS' SOCIETY SPRING SHOW". Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939). 1917-09-06. p. 27. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  7. ^ "ART". Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946). 1931-04-18. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  8. ^ "On Eltham's Art History – Essay by Jenni Mitchell". Petschel House. 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  9. ^ "ART EXHIBITIONS". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1921-06-14. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  10. ^ "Photograph - Mary Owen, granddaughter of Walter Withers, unveiling the commemorative plaque on Walter Withers Rock at the corner of Bible and Arthur Streets, Eltham, 13 Oct 1990 - Victorian Collections". 136.154.202.135. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "VARIOUS ART". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1938-09-13. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  12. ^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 1939 finalist: R McCann, Esq by Margery Withers". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  13. ^ "EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1915-11-24. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  14. ^ "WALTER & MARGERY WITHERS REPRESENTED IN EXHIBITION". Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 1916-11-29. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  15. ^ "ART NOTES". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1919-11-19. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  16. ^ "THE STUDIO". Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946). 1921-08-06. p. 32. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  17. ^ "EXHIBITION OF PICTURES". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1922-11-29. p. 22. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  18. ^ "THE STUDIO". Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946). 1923-08-04. p. 31. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  19. ^ "TWENTY PAINTERS' EXHIBITION". Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946). 1925-09-19. p. 63. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  20. ^ "ART NOTES". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1926-09-14. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  21. ^ "TWENTY MELBOURNE PAINTERS". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1927-09-06. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  22. ^ "THE TWENTY PAINTERS' EXHIBITION". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1928-09-18. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  23. ^ "Current Art Shows". Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939). 1929-07-25. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  24. ^ "ART EXHIBITIONS". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1929-09-24. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  25. ^ "ART". Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946). 1930-09-20. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  26. ^ "ART NOTES". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1932-07-26. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  27. ^ "THE WARRANDYTE ART EXHIBITION". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1932-12-17. p. 21. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  28. ^ "A NEW ART GALLERY". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1933-09-26. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  29. ^ "HEIDELBERG ART SHOW". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1934-11-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  30. ^ "ART NOTES". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1934-09-18. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  31. ^ "ART EXHIBITIONS". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1935-09-03. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  32. ^ "Large Crowd at Private View". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1936-09-23. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  33. ^ "HEIDELBERG EXHIBITION". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1937-05-05. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  34. ^ "HEIDELBERG ART EXHIBITION". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1940-10-05. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  35. ^ "Launceston Art Society Exhibition Opened". Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). 1943-04-02. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  36. ^ "FIVE NEW ART EXHIBITIONS OPEN TODAY 20 Melbourne Painters' Good Show". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1944-09-19. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  37. ^ "TWENTY MELBOURNE PAINTERS". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1945-09-11. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  38. ^ "ART EXHIBITIONS". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1947-09-16. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  39. ^ "20 Melbourne painters". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1948-09-21. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-10-08.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""