About Margaret Olley
Margaret Hannah Olley was an Australian painter. She held over ninety solo exhibitions during her lifetime. Olley was twice the subject of an Archibald Prize winning painting; the first in 1948 by William Dobell, who painted her in a borrowed wedding dress made of parachute silk, and the other in 2011 by Ben Quilty. In 2006, Olley was awarded the degree Doctor of Fine Arts honoris causa by the University of Newcastle. There is a comprehensive photographic record of her studio and work, shot on the morning she died, by artist photographer Greg Weight. On 13 July 2006 she donated more works to the Art Gallery of New South Wales; her donations included more than 130 works worth $7 million.
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