Geddes | Margaret, 1914-1998

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Margaret Geddes was born in 1914. She studied at the Westminster School of Art 1932-1937. She exhibited for the first time with the London group in 1938 and her work was shown at the Royal Academy in 1940. She became a member of the left-wing artists group Artists International Association in 1947. In 1948 she began a friendship with Edith Sitwell which resulted in a number of drawings and paintings of the well-known literary eccentric. She was elected Chairman of the Women's International Art Club, 1951-1955. Margaret Geddes was a regular exhibitor in London and the provinces. She also exhibited in Scotland, Northern Ireland, France, Holland, France and Greece.

From the guide to the Margaret Geddes Collection, 1932-1998, (The Women's Art Library (MAKE))

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Death 1998

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