Margaret Stones
Eucryphia glutinosa (Poeppe. & Endl.) Baill., late 1950s
Margaret Stones is widely recognised as one of the most accomplished botanical artists of the twentieth century. As a young artist, she attended botany classes at the University of Melbourne and participated in annual research expeditions to the Victorian Bogong High Plains (1948–50). After successfully exhibiting her art in Melbourne, Stones moved to London where she worked for Kew Gardens and Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, undertaking multi-year major commissions and public and commercial exhibitions. This meticulous drawing of delicate flowers from a Chilean bush shows her sensitivity to subject, consideration of composition, and her meticulous attention to texture, colour and form, particularly when depicting white petals on white paper. Stones’ association with the University of Melbourne continued throughout her life: her first retrospective was held at the University Gallery (now the Potter Museum of Art) in 1975, and she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science in 1989 in recognition of her life’s work.
- Artist / Maker
- Margaret Stones (1920—2018)
- Creation Date
- late 1950's
- Collection
- Russell and Mab Grimwade Bequest
- Subjects
- Art and Design - Paintings
- Materials used
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
(H x W x D) - sheet (irregular) 26.2 x 21.6 cm mount 55.7 x 40.7 cm
- Credit line
- The University of Melbourne Art Collection. The Russell and Mab Grimwade Bequests, 1973
- Accession number
- 1973.0004.000.000
- Copyright
- © The Artist's Estate Request Access
