Ma Mahood
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Dr. Marguerite "Ma" Mahood (born 1901 in Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
, died 1989) was a painter, potter, printmaker and art historian.
After establishing herself as a graphic artist and watercolourist in the 1920s, Mahood joined the Victorian Artists Society
and exhibited regularly. During the Second World War she also exhibited with the Melbourne Social Realism group, which included Noel Counihan
, Josl Bergner, Victor O'Connor
, Peter Benjamin Graham
, Herbert McClintock
, Frank Andrew, and Nutta Buzzacott.
In the early days of radio, she lectured on design and wrote articles for the Listerner-in and its Sydney counterpart Radio. From 1931 through 1951 she had a successful career as a full-time potter. Later, Mahood turned to academic life, earning Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in history, with a doctoral thesis on Australian political cartoons in the late 19th century.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, died 1989) was a painter, potter, printmaker and art historian.
After establishing herself as a graphic artist and watercolourist in the 1920s, Mahood joined the Victorian Artists Society
Victorian Artists Society
Victorian Artists Society established in 1856 in Melbourne, Australia promotes artistic education and exhibition in Australia. Fore-runner of the Victorian Academy of Arts, founded in 1870. In 1888 the Australian Artist's Association amalgamated with the Victorian Academy of Arts to form the...
and exhibited regularly. During the Second World War she also exhibited with the Melbourne Social Realism group, which included Noel Counihan
Noel Counihan
Noel Counihan was an Australian social realist painter.Counihan was born in Albert Park, then a working-class suburb of Melbourne. He attended Caulfield Grammar School in 1928...
, Josl Bergner, Victor O'Connor
Victor O'Connor
Victor George O'Connor is an Australian artist. He is a Social Realist painter of genre and landscapes....
, Peter Benjamin Graham
Peter Benjamin Graham
Peter Benjamin Graham , was an Australian visual artist, a master craftsman in a variety of printing techniques, and an art theorist. Peter saw no contradiction between abstract and figurative art...
, Herbert McClintock
Herbert McClintock
Herbert McClintock was a social realist Artist born in Perth, Western Australia in 1906, died 1985.Studied at the National Gallery of Victoria School from 1925 to 1927 and again in 1930, where he met fellow social realists Noel Counihan and Roy Dalgarno. Earned a living as a signwriter and...
, Frank Andrew, and Nutta Buzzacott.
In the early days of radio, she lectured on design and wrote articles for the Listerner-in and its Sydney counterpart Radio. From 1931 through 1951 she had a successful career as a full-time potter. Later, Mahood turned to academic life, earning Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in history, with a doctoral thesis on Australian political cartoons in the late 19th century.