Margo Lewers (1908 - 1978)
Biography
1908 Born, Sydney
Studied with Datilo Rubbo and Desiderius Orban
1933 Married Gerald Lewers, sculptor
1933 Central School of Arts and Crafts, London
1934 Cadet artist Daily Telegraph
1963 Represented one of four women Australian painters in Tate Gallery exhibition, London
1978 Died, Sydney
Major Exhibitions
1977 Town Gallery, Brisbane – paintings and wallhangings
1976 Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery, Adelaide, wallhangings
1976 Collectors Gallery, Perth
1975 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney – paintings and wallhangings
1974 Town Gallery, Brisbane
1971 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney – paintings and plexiglass constructions
1970 Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
1969 Lewers Gallery, Emu Plains
1967 Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
1966 Macquarie Galleries, Canberra
1966 Georges Gallery, Melbourne
1966 Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
1964 Watters Gallery, Sydney, inaugural exhibition
1964 Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
1962 Farmers Gallery, Sydney
1960 Skinner Gallery, Perth
1960 David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney
1957 Riverside Gallery, Canberra
1956 David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney – exhibition with Gerald Lewers
1954 Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne
1953 Riverside Gallery, Canberra – exhibition with Alistair Morrison
1952 Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne – exhibition with Gerald Lewers
1952 David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney – exhibition with Gerald Lewers
1935 Argosy Gallery, Sydney – handprinted materials
Group Exhibitions
Various group shows including:
Contemporary Arts Society
Water Colour Institute
The Contemporary Group and Society of Sculptors and Associates
Overseas Exhibitions
1971 Australian Paintings and Tapestries
1961 Paintings from the Pacific (Japan, America, New Zealand and Australia)
1958 Contemporary Australian Paintings – National Gallery of Canada
c. 1959 The Mertz Collection
1956 Pacific Australian Loan Exhibition
Awards
1971 Liverpool Art Prize
1963 Roy H. Taffs Contemporary Art Society Award
1962 Wellington Tourist Festival Prize
1962 Rockdale Art Award
1962 David Lloyd Jones Prize, Royal Easter Show, Sydney
1962 H.C. Richards Memorial Prize, Queensland Art Gallery
1960 Mosman Art Prize
1959 Mosman Art Prize
1958 Hunters Hill Art Prize
Represented
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Australian National University
University of Sydney
University of Western Australia
Melbourne University
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