Margaret Olley has held more than sixty solo exhibitions during her career, her first show in Sydney in 1948. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and prizes including the Mosman Art Prize in 1947 and the Helena Rubinstein Portrait Prize in 1962. In 1997 a major retrospective of Margaret Olley's work was organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the same year she was declared an "Australian National Treasure". In 2000 Olley was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letter from the University of Queensland and an Honorary Doctorate of Visual Arts from the University of Sydney.
On June 12, 2006 Olley was awarded Australia's highest civilian honour, the Companion of the Order of Australia, for her commitment to art and philanthropy. Savill Galleries has a long association with the work of Margaret Olley. The gallery will consider the purchase of any authentic Margaret Olley paintings held in private or public collection.
Sadly, Margaret passed away on Tuesday, 26 July at the age of 88. Please find below a number of links to the many tributes that have been published.
John McDonald from the Sydney Morning Herald wrote: "She would have wanted to be remembered as a painter but Margaret Olley was also a great philanthropist."
Michaela Boland from The Australian Painter, patron, mentor, muse: art world mourns the remarkable Margaret Olley .
"Tributes flow for a Legendary Artist and Patron" see the full article in the Sydney Morning Herald wrote: SMH web site.
The ABC posted the following story: ABC web site."
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