Margaret Olley was an Australian artist born on June 24, 1923. She was renowned for her still life oil paintings, and was awarded the Mosman Art Prize in 1947. In her later years, she donated over one hundred of her own and other artists' works to the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $12 Million (2024)
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About
Remembered for her still life oil paintings, Olley was the 1947 recipient of the prestigious Mosman Art Prize. Near the end of her life, she donated more than one hundred of her own and other artists' paintings to the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Before Fame
She trained at the East Sydney Technical College (which later changed its name to the National Art School).
Trivia
A friend of fellow Painters Ben Quilty, Russell Drysdale, and william Dobell, she was the subject of several of these artists' award-winning portraits.
Family Life
She was raised in Lismore and Brisbane, Australia, and she later settled in Paddington, New South Wales.
Associated With
She was a contemporary of fellow Australian Artist David Boyd.