Margaret Gere NEAC RSBA (1878-1965) was a British painter, most noteably in tempera, of portraits, still lifes and narrative scenes. She was elected a member of the NEAC in 1926.
Gere was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. She was the sister of the artist Charles March Gere, and studied under him from 1897 at Birmingham School of Art. Like him, she was an original member of the Birmingham Group of Painters and Craftsmen.
Later in life, she would accompany her brother on painting trips aboard. From 1900, she studied Italian painting in Florence. Whilst there, the copying of Piero della Francesca in tempera in Florence (in 1901) had a marked effect on her work, and she further studied at Slade School of Fine Art, 1905.
She and her sister Edith, who married the artist Henry Payne, were known as “the masterful Miss Geres”.
Selected Exhibitions
Margaret showed with, and was a member, of New English Art Club (NEAC) and Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA). She had her first exhibition with her brother at Carfax Gallery in London in 1912. Margaret's work was represented in The Earthly Paradise exhibition at Fine Art Society in London in 1969. Margaret's works were also exhibited in a solo show at Cheltenham Art Gallery, UK in 1984.
Selected Collections
- British museum, London
- Tate Britain, London
- Manchester Art Gallery, UK
- The Wilson, Gloucestershire, UK
- The Royal Holloway, university of London Collection
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & FURTHER READING
- Text sources: Margaret Gore's Wikipedia entry and 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
- View a selection Margaret Gore's paintings on the ArtUK website. (Works include Noah's Ark, The Garden of the Slothful and What's for Pudding Today?)