Flannel flowers
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
122.0 × 91.6 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
© Margaret Preston/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Gallery 19
Level 3, NGV Australia
About this work
Celebrated for her floral still-life works, Margaret Preston was a leading advocate of modernism in Sydney during the interwar period. Preston travelled widely throughout Britain and Europe between 1904 and 1919, and it was during this time she developed her distinctive decorative style. In 1938 Preston completed as series of ten large-scale paintings depicting Australian flora. Six were displayed in the Australian Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair in April 1939, and another four, including Flannel flowers, were exhibited at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco later that year.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.r.: MARGARET PRESTON / -38
Accession Number
2004.209
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Botanical Still Lifes
Subjects (specific)
drapery (representations) flowers (plant components) vases
Frame
Reproduction, 2005