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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

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Display artist/maker:

Margaret Pilkington

Born: 1891, UK, England, Cheshire, Alderley Edge   Died: 1974

Printmaker, illustrator and painter. The daughter of an industrialist, she was educated in Croydon before studying at the Slade School, 1913, and under Noel Rooke (1881-1953) at the Central School of Art and Design, 1914. She was elected a member of the Society of Wood Engravers in 1922, and served as the Society's Honorary Secretary, from 1924, and Chairman, 1952-67. In 1935 she was appointed Director of the Whitworth Art Gallery, a post she held until 1959. She produced wood engravings and painted watercolours, mainly of landscapes. A committed socialist, her art often took second place to helping others. She was awarded an OBE in 1954

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