I noticed that I might say to the good Lord: 'Just one minute. Margaret Olley enriched Australian galleries with her own work and the donated work of others—masters and unknowns alike. The last time I saw her she also had a glass of carefully balanced on her walker as well.
We appropriately recognise her contribution in this House.On indulgence, I rise to speak on the life of Born in Lismore in 1923, Margaret Olley was awarded the Order of Australia in 1991 for service as an artist and to the promotion of art. I know that there will be contributions in the parliament from those who did know Last week we had the meeting of cultural ministers in Sydney. Lot 19: Margaret Olley (1923-2011) Venice, 1952
Vale Margaret Olley. Sign in to view your bids, favorites & more! There were certainly no niceties or any unnecessary observances of the rituals of meeting with politicians. How, you might wonder, can we even start . Her friends were with her as she worked to her last days to capture her vision of Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship Indeed, as a young woman when William Dobell won the 1948 Archibald Prize with his portrait of her, she said she was embarrassed to think that people were looking at her. The art world and indeed all Australian people are so fortunate that we were the ones to receive.Ah ... l don't know, for helping people I think.I also pay tribute to a great Australian who is sadly lost to us but will always be remembered.
I would not say she was a very wealthy woman but she was a financially successful woman not simply because of her artistic work but because she was actually a very shrewd property investor. She was passionate not just about art but about social and political issues as well. Lot 1: Margaret Olley 1923-2011 PINK BAUHINEA 1964 oil on composition boardLot 16: MARGARET OLLEY (1923-2011) Still Life with Lilies and Agapanthus 1973Lot 18: MARGARET OLLEY (born 1923) - Interior c1971 44.5 x 52.0 cmLot 6: MARGARET OLLEY, (1923 2011), WINTER FLOWERS, 1965, oil on composition board Lot 15: Margaret Olley (1923-2011) Paris, FranceLot 11: MARGARET HANNAH OLLEY (1923 - 2011) Cattle Barge, Thailand 1963Please Register/Login to access your Invaluable AlertsLot 15: MARGARET OLLEY (1923-2011), Artichokes and Fennel 1974Lot 5: Margaret Olley 1923-2011 THE YELLOW ROOM (1991) oil on composition board
The member for Wentworth will be speaking as we mark this condolence motion and I am sure that he will have something to add to this. Messages Lot 21: Margaret Olley, Charcoal & watercolour of nude 58 x 37 cmLot 7: MARGARET OLLEY 1923-2011 Basket with Limes (1965) oil on boardLot 16: MARGARET OLLEY 1923-2011 Basket of Pears (1995) oil on composition board 91.5 x 122 cm
Margaret Olley once described her philanthropy with the simple analogy of a turning wheel, that all of life was about giving and receiving and therefore linked—simply adding 'so I like to give'. All Rights Reserved.Lot 3: MARGARET OLLEY 1923-2011 Kitchen Door with Mandarins 1972 oil on composition board 69 x 92 cmLot 11: MARGARET OLLEY 1923-2011 Ipswich Hotel 1948 oil on canvas 76 x 102 cm I have said before that a creative nation develops a more tolerant, more expressive and better citizenry, but it also underpins ultimately a more productive nation because it inspires, it develops innovation and it creates those linkages which are such an important reason that Australia performs so well on so many fronts.I do not know whether death surprised Margaret Ollie or indeed that anything could surprise her, but when death came to take her, they took her as full of life as she had been when William Dobell painted her, working right to the end—a great Australian never to be forgotten and so eloquently remembered by honourable members who have spoken before me. Lot 20: MARGARET OLLEY (1923-2011) Marigolds 1973 oil on board
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The delight in colour, as Capon said. In addition to gifting the works of such luminaries as Picasso, Cezanne and Degas, worth literally millions of dollars, she encouraged struggling artists by buying their paintings to donate to galleries to help build the artists' portfolios. We were at the The thing that strikes one when reflecting on Margaret Olley's career is that she was no great follower of fad or fashion. Upcoming Auctions She was a successful painter and subject. Then 63 years later she was painted again by a very young artist, Ben Quilty.
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