Margaret Gere

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Margaret Gere (1878–1965) was an English artist who often worked in temperaTerm applied to any paint in which the pigment is dissolved in water and mixed with an organic gum or glue. on portraits, still lifes and narrative scenes.[1] She was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, and was the half sister of Charles March GereEnglish painter, book illustrator, and stained glass and embroidery designer (1869–1957)., under whom she studied at the Birmingham School of Art from 1897 before going on in 1905 to study at the Slade School of Fine Art.[2][3][4]

Like her brother Charles, Margaret was an original member of the Birmingham School of Painters and Craftsmen. She held her first exhibition with her brother at the Carfax Gallery in 1912.[3] She also had solo exhibitions at the Cotswold Gallery in 1922, and the Beaux Arts Gallery in 1929.[4]

In 1904 Margaret and Charles settled at Painswick, then a quiet village in the unspoilt Cotswolds.[2] She was elected a member of the New English Art Club in 1926.[1] A retrospective of Margaret’s work was held at Cheltenham Art Gallery in 1984.[3]

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