Margery Withers Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Margery Withers Art Value Price Guide

Jan. 11, 2021
Margery Pitt Withers (18790/94-1966) Attributed, Study, Town on Lake Como, Italy Oil on canvas on board
Est: $40 - $60
Margery Pitt Withers (18790/94-1966) Attributed, Study, Town on Lake Como, Italy Oil on canvas on board T.S. Glasiff Little Collins Street, Melbourne, label verso 21.5 x 30.2 cm, 33 x 43 cm overall LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Canvas laid on cardboard, requires cleaning & framing
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Nov. 29, 2020
MARGORY PITT WITHERS, (1874-1966), Studley Park, Windswept, 1930-31, oil on board, signed lower right "Margory Withers", inscribed verso "Studley Park, Windswept, 1930-31, Margery Withers, 14 x 11", 35 x 28cm
Est: $300 - $500
MARGERY PITT WITHERS, (1874-1966), Studley Park, Windswept, 1930-31, oil on board, signed lower right "Margery Withers", inscribed verso "Studley Park, Windswept, 1930-31, Margery Withers, 14 x 11", 35 x 28cm
Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
Nov. 16, 2020
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Attributed Still Life, Yellow Primroses Oil on canvas on board
Est: $250 - $350
Margery PittWithers (1890/94-1966) Attributed Still Life, Yellow Primroses Oil on canvas on board 19 x 46.5 cm, 38.5 x 67 cm framed LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Good condition, framed under glass, original framing
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Nov. 16, 2020
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Attributed, Stand of Gums Oil on canvas on board
Est: $250 - $350
Margery PittWithers (1890/94-1966) Attributed, Stand of Gums Oil on canvas on board Inscribed verso: Mrs Fred Cooper, Grey Craght, Flinders Island 23.5 x 43 cm, 37 x 59 cm framed LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Requires cleaning, framed under glass, original framing.
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Nov. 16, 2020
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Portrait of a Young Man Watercolour
Est: $80 - $120
Margery PittWithers (1890/94-1966) Portrait of a Young Man Watercolour Signed lower right 25 x 15 cm, 41 x 29.5 cm framed LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Some fading, slight foxing upper edges, original framing
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Nov. 16, 2020
Margery Pitt Withers (18790/94-1966) Attributed, Study, Town on Lake Como, Italy Oil on canvas on board
Est: $80 - $120
Margery PittWithers (18790/94-1966) Attributed, Study, Town on Lake Como, Italy Oil on canvas on board T.S. Glasiff Little Collins Street, Melbourne, label verso 21.5 x 30.2 cm, 33 x 43 cm overall LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Canvas laid on cardboard, requires cleaning & framing
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Sep. 14, 2020
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Attributed Varenna, Lake Como, Italy Oil on canvas on board
Est: $200 - $400
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Attributed Varenna, Lake Como, Italy Oil on canvas on board 19 x 33 cm, 34 x 59.5 cm overall LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Good condition, framed under glass, original framing
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Sep. 14, 2020
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Attributed Still Life, Yellow Primroses Oil on canvas on board
Est: $600 - $800
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Attributed Still Life, Yellow Primroses Oil on canvas on board 19 x 46.5 cm, 38.5 x 67 cm overall LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Good condition, framed under glass, original framing
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Sep. 14, 2020
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Attributed, Stand of Gums Oil on canvas on board
Est: $400 - $600
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Attributed, Stand of Gums Oil on canvas on board Inscribed verso: Mrs Fred Cooper, Grey Craght, Flinders Island 23.5 x 43 cm, 37 x 59 cm overall LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Requires cleaning, framed under glass, original framing.
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Sep. 14, 2020
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Attributed Moonrise, Peechelba East Oil on canvas on board
Est: $400 - $600
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Attributed Moonrise, Peechelba East Oil on canvas on board Inscribed verso: Mrs Cooper, Peechelba East 23 x 49.5 cm, 46 x 73.6 cm overall LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Good condition, framed under glass, original framing.
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Sep. 14, 2020
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Portrait of a Young Man Watercolour
Est: $200 - $400
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Portrait of a Young Man Watercolour Signed lower right 25 x 15 cm, 41 x 29.5 cm overall LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Some fading, slight foxing upper edges, original framing
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Sep. 14, 2020
Margery Pitt Withers (18790/94-1966) Attributed, Study, Town on Lake Como, Italy Oil on canvas on board
Est: $200 - $400
Margery Pitt Withers (18790/94-1966) Attributed, Study, Town on Lake Como, Italy Oil on canvas on board T.S. Glasiff Little Collins Street, Melbourne, label verso 21.5 x 30.2 cm, 33 x 43 cm overall LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Canvas laid on cardboard, requires cleaning & framing
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Sep. 14, 2020
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Attributed, Coastal View with Cart Horses Oil on canvas
Est: $200 - $400
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Attributed, Coastal View with Cart Horses Oil on canvas 28 x 52 cm LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Unframed, uneven canvas, pinholes to corners, never appear to have been stretched
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Sep. 14, 2020
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Still Life, Primroses Oil on canvasboard
Est: $300 - $500
Margery Pitt Withers (1890/94-1966) Still Life, Primroses Oil on canvasboard Signed upper right 27 x 30 cm, 32 x 34.5 cm overall LITERATURE: Margery Withers was the daughter of artist Walter Withers. She was born in England after her mother had returned there to nurse her Father brought to Australia as a baby by her mother, Fanny Flinn, when she returned to Australia from England to join her husband, Walter Withers, in 1890. Margery studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne & at the Working Men's College. She became a painter & teacher, her work is held in several public collections. Her career along with various children of late Nineteenth century Melbourne artists such as Vasco Loureriro, Archibald & Elizabeth Colquhoun, Louis & Sheila McCubbin, Esther Paterson, Penleigh, Merric & Helen Boyd gravitated toward the National Gallery School, they met & re met others in group exhibitions, artists' societies & artists' functions.....having spent much of their childhood in each others company. However despite an artistic childhood & encouragement to become artists, the Second Generation of "Heidelberg Women" received little recognition, despite their celebrated forebears, the allure of their family names did not give them a secure footing with later generations, with the exception of Margery Withers, who never joined the MSWPS, (who) tended towards modernist expression or favoured commercial art. Often this second generation of women cannot be typecast neatly into the stereotypes of Heidelberg traditions as could the landscape based work of Louis McCubbin & Margery Withers & her siblings" p68. "There were a number of married couples who both painted professionally in the Meldrum group, AD & Amalie Colquhoun, being the best known, but also John Farmer & Polly Hurry & Richard McCann & Margery Withers. Peers, Juliet. More Than Just Gum Trees: A Personal, Social & Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors, MSWPS inconjunction with Dawn Rivival Press, Melbourne 1993 p28, 68,74 Note: Biographical information at http://www.artistsfootsteps.com/html/Withers_Bio.htm states Margery Wither's birth date as 13 January, 1890. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216168281 She died in 1966. Margery was married to artist Richard McCann who donated a work to the State Library of Victoria after her death. OTHER NOTES: Condition: Craquelure across surface of flowers, small losses to background, requires cleaning, original framing
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
May. 28, 2020
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) - Goulburn Valley Vista 29.5 x 37 cm (frame: 47 x 55 x 4 cm )
Est: $600 - $800
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) Goulburn Valley Vista oil on board 29.5 x 37 cm (frame: 47 x 55 x 4 cm ) signed lower left
Lawsons
Apr. 23, 2020
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) - Portait of a School Boy, 1920 21 x 15 cm (frame: 44 x 36 x 2 cm)
Est: $100 - $150
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) Portait of a School Boy, 1920 watercolour 21 x 15 cm (frame: 44 x 36 x 2 cm) signed and dated lower left
Lawsons
Apr. 09, 2020
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) - Portait of a School Boy, 1920 21 x 15 cm (frame: 44 x 36 x 2 cm)
Est: $150 - $250
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) Portait of a School Boy, 1920 watercolour 21 x 15 cm (frame: 44 x 36 x 2 cm) signed and dated lower left
Lawsons
May. 23, 2019
MARGERY PITT WITHERS, WATTLE AND RIVER C.1930, OIL ON COMPOSITION BOARD, 21 x 25CM, PROVENANCE: FROM WALTER WITHER'S ESTATE
Est: $400 - $600
MARGERY PITT WITHERS, WATTLE AND RIVER C.1930, OIL ON COMPOSITION BOARD, 21 x 25CM, PROVENANCE: FROM WALTER WITHER'S ESTATE
Leonard Joel
Jul. 12, 2018
MARGERY WITHERS, GUMS AND MOUNTAIN, OIL ON BOARD, 23 X 30CM
Est: $100 - $200
MARGERY WITHERS, GUMS AND MOUNTAIN, OIL ON BOARD, 23 X 30CM
Leonard Joel
Apr. 19, 2018
MARGERY WITHERS, GUMS AND MOUNTAIN, OIL ON BOARD, 23 X 30CM
Est: $180 - $280
MARGERY WITHERS, GUMS AND MOUNTAIN, OIL ON BOARD, 23 X 30CM
Leonard Joel
Mar. 08, 2018
MARGERY WITHERS, GUMS AND MOUNTAIN, OIL ON BOARD, 23 X 30CM
Est: $180 - $280
MARGERY WITHERS, GUMS AND MOUNTAIN, OIL ON BOARD, 23 X 30CM
Leonard Joel
Aug. 17, 2017
MARGERY WITHERS, BRIGHT MORNING, OIL ON BOARD, 21 X 28.5CM
Est: $240 - $400
MARGERY WITHERS, BRIGHT MORNING, OIL ON BOARD, 21 X 28.5CM
Leonard Joel
Jun. 08, 2017
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) - Portrait of a Lady 60 x 50cm
Est: $800 - $1,200
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) Portrait of a Lady oil on canvas 60 x 50cm signed lower right
Lawsons
May. 04, 2017
MARGERY WITHERS, BRIGHT MORNING, OIL ON BOARD, 21 X 28.5CM
Est: $300 - $500
MARGERY WITHERS, BRIGHT MORNING, OIL ON BOARD, 21 X 28.5CM
Leonard Joel
Apr. 27, 2017
MARGERY WITHERS, BRIGHT MORNING, OIL ON BOARD, 21 X 28.5CM
Est: $400 - $600
MARGERY WITHERS, BRIGHT MORNING, OIL ON BOARD, 21 X 28.5CM
Leonard Joel
Apr. 13, 2017
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) - Portrait of a Lady 60 x 50cm
Est: $800 - $1,200
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) Portrait of a Lady oil on canvas 60 x 50cm signed lower right
Lawsons
Mar. 30, 2017
MARGERY WITHERS, BRIGHT MORNING, OIL ON BOARD, 21 X 28.5CM
Est: $500 - $700
MARGERY WITHERS, BRIGHT MORNING, OIL ON BOARD, 21 X 28.5CM
Leonard Joel
Feb. 09, 2017
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) - Portrait of a Lady 60 x 50cm
Est: $800 - $1,200
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) Portrait of a Lady oil on canvas 60 x 50cm signed lower right
Lawsons
Dec. 08, 2016
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) - Portrait of a Lady 60 x 50cm
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Margery Withers (1874 - 1966) Portrait of a Lady oil on canvas 60 x 50cm signed lower right
Lawsons
Nov. 17, 2016
MARGERY WITHERS, BRIGHT MORNING, OIL ON BOARD, 21 X 28.5CM
Est: $600 - $800
MARGERY WITHERS, BRIGHT MORNING, OIL ON BOARD, 21 X 28.5CM
Leonard Joel
Aug. 06, 2015
MARGERY WITHERS, THORNTON LANDSCAPE, OIL ON CANVAS LAID ON BOARD, 24.5 X 35CM
Est: $100 - $200
MARGERY WITHERS, THORNTON LANDSCAPE, OIL ON CANVAS LAID ON BOARD, 24.5 X 35CM
Leonard Joel
Jul. 30, 2015
MARGERY WITHERS, THORNTON LANDSCAPE, OIL ON CANVAS LAID ON BOARD, 24.5 X 35CM
Est: $160 - $260
MARGERY WITHERS, THORNTON LANDSCAPE, OIL ON CANVAS LAID ON BOARD, 24.5 X 35CM
Leonard Joel
Jul. 23, 2015
MARGERY WITHERS, THORNTON LANDSCAPE, OIL ON CANVAS LAID ON BOARD, 24.5 X 35CM
Est: $200 - $400
MARGERY WITHERS, THORNTON LANDSCAPE, OIL ON CANVAS LAID ON BOARD, 24.5 X 35CM
Leonard Joel
Jun. 27, 2013
MARGERY WITHERS (1874-1966) Wisteria Arch oil on board
Est: $400 - $600
MARGERY WITHERS (1874-1966) Wisteria Arch oil on board signed 'Margery Withers' lower left signed and titled verso 28 x 20cm
Leonard Joel
Jun. 17, 2013
MARGERY WITHERS (1874-1966) Wisteria Arch oil on board
Est: $600 - $800
MARGERY WITHERS (1874-1966) Wisteria Arch oil on board signed 'Margery Withers' lower left signed and titled verso 28 x 20cm
Leonard Joel
Apr. 20, 2011
MARGERY WITHERS THE BATHING TENT 61.5 x 46.0 cm
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
MARGERY WITHERS THE BATHING TENT 61.5 x 46.0 cm oil on canvas
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 23, 2010
Margery Pitt Withers (1894-1966) Towards Eltham
Est: $600 - $1,000
Margery Pitt Withers (1894-1966) Towards Eltham Station, From Southern Wood Oil on board Signed lower left 22.5 x 33cm
McKenzies Auctioneers
Aug. 16, 2008
Margery Pitt WITHERS, rural scene with cows, oil
Est: $250 - $350
Margery Pitt WITHERS, rural scene with cows, oil on board, signed lower left, 29 x 22 cm
Vickers & Hoad
Jun. 22, 2008
Margery Pitt WITHERS, rural scene with cows, oil
Est: $250 - $350
Margery Pitt WITHERS, rural scene with cows, oil on board, signed lower left, 29 x 22 cm
Vickers & Hoad
May. 08, 2008
MARGERY PITT WITHERS Portrait of a Woman Protea
Est: $400 - $600
MARGERY PITT WITHERS Portrait of a Woman Protea Still Life verso oil on board Provenance: Label bears 'Margery Withers 'Protea', 101 The Boulevard Ivanhoe' verso
Leonard Joel
Apr. 14, 2008
MARGERY PITT WITHERS (1874 - 1966) Portrait of a
Est: $700 - $900
MARGERY PITT WITHERS (1874 - 1966) Portrait of a Woman Protea Still Life verso signed 'Margery Withers' upper left oil on board, 46 x 39 cm. Provenance: Label bears 'Margery Withers 'Protea', 101 The Boulevard Ivanhoe' verso
Leonard Joel
Mar. 13, 2008
MARGERY WITHERS BLUE AND GOLD OIL ON BOARD.
Est: $400 - $600
MARGERY WITHERS BLUE AND GOLD OIL ON BOARD.
Leonard Joel
Apr. 16, 2007
MARGERY WITHERS (1874 - 1966) Toward Eltham
Est: $500 - $800
MARGERY WITHERS (1874 - 1966) Toward Eltham Station signed 'Margery Withers' lower left, inscribed 'Towards Eltham Station from "Southern Wood"- W(alter) Withers home' verso oil on board, 23 x 33.5 cm.
Joel