Margaret Olley
Painter

Margaret Olley Net Worth

Margaret Olley was an Australian artist born on June 24, 1923. She was renowned for her still life oil paintings, and was awarded the Mosman Art Prize in 1947. In her later years, she donated over one hundred of her own and other artists' works to the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day June 24, 1923
Birth Place Australia
Age 97 YEARS OLD
Died On Jul 26, 2011 (age 88)
Birth Sign Cancer

💰 Net worth: $12 Million (2024)

About

Remembered for her still life oil paintings, Olley was the 1947 recipient of the prestigious Mosman Art Prize. Near the end of her life, she donated more than one hundred of her own and other artists' paintings to the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Before Fame

She trained at the East Sydney Technical College (which later changed its name to the National Art School).

Trivia

A friend of fellow Painters Ben Quilty, Russell Drysdale, and william Dobell, she was the subject of several of these artists' award-winning portraits.

Family Life

She was raised in Lismore and Brisbane, Australia, and she later settled in Paddington, New South Wales.

Associated With

She was a contemporary of fellow Australian Artist David Boyd.

Some Margaret Olley images

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