Margo Lewers Analysis
Portrait of Margo Lewers
Judy Cassab’s artwork Portrait of Margo Lewers, is an oil on canvas painting of Australian abstract artist Margo Lewers. It won the 1967 Archibald Prize and is currently in the possession of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. It shows the subject Margo Lewers sitting on a chair.
The pose of the subject just oozes professionality. She has great posture, and holds herself with a stance of authority. Though she is facing slightly to the left. She appears as a very formal lady. The subject has a neutral expression, though she is slightly frowning. Her gaze at first glance is hard and looks straight at the painter, but as you continue to look, you see the softness in her eyes. The colour is exaggerated in the face. Even though her face is more colourful than real life, the shades of colours …show more content…
She was the first woman to twice win the Archibald Prize for her portraits 'Stanislaus Rapotec' (1960) and 'Portrait of Margo Lewers' (1967). She was a pioneer in women’s careers in art, as women at the time weren’t regarded as proper artists. They were told that it was just a hobby to keep women interested in something, but Judy always longed for people to realise she wanted to do it as a career.
Margo Lewers (Hettie Margaret Lewers), was a Margo established the Notanda Gallery, an interior-decorating shop in Rowe Street, and continued to design hand-printed fabrics. From 1950 Margo worked in a variety of mediums including painting, textiles, sculpture and mosaic. She won recognition as a leading postwar abstract expressionist. Her early compositions explored colour and formal geometric abstraction; her work became more fluid and expressionistic by the early 1960s.
Overall, the piece is definitely more than beats the eye. It represents to women in art, finally getting their turn. It only makes it better that it won the archibald
Judy Cassab’s artwork Portrait of Margo Lewers, is an oil on canvas painting of Australian abstract artist Margo Lewers. It won the 1967 Archibald Prize and is currently in the possession of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. It shows the subject Margo Lewers sitting on a chair.
The pose of the subject just oozes professionality. She has great posture, and holds herself with a stance of authority. Though she is facing slightly to the left. She appears as a very formal lady. The subject has a neutral expression, though she is slightly frowning. Her gaze at first glance is hard and looks straight at the painter, but as you continue to look, you see the softness in her eyes. The colour is exaggerated in the face. Even though her face is more colourful than real life, the shades of colours …show more content…
She was the first woman to twice win the Archibald Prize for her portraits 'Stanislaus Rapotec' (1960) and 'Portrait of Margo Lewers' (1967). She was a pioneer in women’s careers in art, as women at the time weren’t regarded as proper artists. They were told that it was just a hobby to keep women interested in something, but Judy always longed for people to realise she wanted to do it as a career.
Margo Lewers (Hettie Margaret Lewers), was a Margo established the Notanda Gallery, an interior-decorating shop in Rowe Street, and continued to design hand-printed fabrics. From 1950 Margo worked in a variety of mediums including painting, textiles, sculpture and mosaic. She won recognition as a leading postwar abstract expressionist. Her early compositions explored colour and formal geometric abstraction; her work became more fluid and expressionistic by the early 1960s.
Overall, the piece is definitely more than beats the eye. It represents to women in art, finally getting their turn. It only makes it better that it won the archibald