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