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dovaston, margaret - Plotting the Course
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Female Artists in History - Margaret Dovaston (British painter) 1884 - 1955 Recording the Weight, s.d. oil on canvas 51 x 72.5 cm. (51 x 72.5 in.) signed M. Dovaston (lower right) private collection Margaret Dovaston was the daughter of Adolphus Dovaston, born in Wandsworth, London, lived in London at 14 Madeley Road, Ealing and studied at the Ealing Art School. She later studied at South Kensington under C. W. Cope and J Watson Nichol. Margaret then went on to the Royal Academy Schools where she spent five years under various teachers and won several silver medals. She was also awarded the British Institution Scholarship. Margaret was elected a member of the Royal Artists in 1905 and exhibited at the Royal Academy and other galleries. Margaret excelled in her period costume pieces, a subject, which she felt truly at home with. In order to appreciate her pictures they should be studied closely. Margaret aimed to attain vividness, an illusion of heightened reality, a representation of what it was like in England during the 18th Century. Her exquisite and refined technique, particularly in the representation of texture is an accolade of the highest merit. She was elected R.B.A. in 1910, and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists and at Walkers Gallery in London between 1908 and 1913. She said of her paintings, 'They tell a story in which the spectator is invited to fill in the details at will'. She had a remarkable collection of period style costumes and furniture. Her paintings were created purely from imagination, but this was no doubt assisted through reference to her own studio and museum of 17th, 18th and 19th Century Costumes and Antiques
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