Brisbane River, 1959

Margaret Olley Brisbane River (1956) watercolour on paper
Private collection, Brisbane

Margaret Olley: Life’s journey

15 August - 25 October 2009

This exhibition will provide a unique insight into the world around Margaret Olley from the early 1950s to the 1970s through her watercolours and pen and ink studies, tracing the places in which Olley has lived and the cities throughout the world to which she has travelled. This exhibition developed by The University of Queensland Art Museum will include previously unexhibited works on paper, sketch books and archival material drawn from national, state, private collections, and the artist’s private collection.

Go to the University of Queensland's podcasts and vodcasts for Margaret Olley: Life's journey.

 

Note: Entry fees apply for this exhibition. 
Adult: $5
Concession, Gallery Foundation and Society Members: $2
Pre-booked school groups: Free

 

Margaret Olley arriving in Port Swettenham, Kuala Lumpur, Maylasia 1969

Margaret Olley arriving in Port Swettenham, Kuala Lumpur, Maylasia 1969
(Photograph supplied courtesy of Mrs Wilma Knight)

 

Thérèse Rein and Margaret Olley at the opening of Margaret Olley: Life's journey

Thérèse Rein and Margaret Olley at the opening of Margaret Olley: Life's journey
14 August 2009

 

Resources

Article: Inveterate traveller's images of the world. The Australian, Feb 16 2009 (517.2 KB pdf)
Article: Free spirit says it all with stroke of a pen. SMH 23-24 May 2009 (1.8 MB pdf)