Margaret Preston
$76.37
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
As one of the most influential Australian artists of the early twentieth century, Margaret Preston transformed the visual language of the nation through a practice that was both technically innovative and visually unforgettable. Her still lifes, particularly her iconic depictions of Australian native flowers, are extraordinary for their bold compositions and sophisticated use of colour. Banksias, waratahs and gum blossoms become powerful design elements in her hands: rhythmic, graphic and unm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760766153 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760766151 |
| Author: | National Gallery of Victoria, Beckett Rozentals, Michael Gentle |
| Publisher: | Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 1.60kg |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 235mm x 301mm |
National Gallery of Victoria
Beckett Rozentals is Senior Curator of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Victoria. Rozentals completed her Master of Art Curatorship at the University of Melbourne in 2009 and commenced working at the NGV the same year. Rozentals has worked as curator on numerous exhibitions for the NGV, including Robert Jacks: Order and Variation (2014), Hard Edge: Abstract Sculpture (2016), The Field Revisited (2018), Found and Gathered: Rosalie Gascoigne | Lorraine Connelly-Northey (2021), WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture (2022), Melbourne Now (2023), Grace Crowley | Ralph Balson (2024) and Margaret Preston (2026).
Michael Gentle is a former Curator of First Nations and Australian Art at the National Gallery of Victoria. He is a Noongar man with Ancestral connections to Minang Country and English convicts. His research and curation explore national identities, constructions of the environment and the ‘Indigenization’ of the nation state. In 2025, Michael was awarded the Australia-at-Large Rhodes Scholarship for Oxford University, where he is now continuing his research in Australian and First Nations art.
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