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Margaret Geddes
Margaret Geddes may refer to: * Margaret Geddes (writer) (born 1949), an Australian writer, journalist and historian * Margaret Geddes (artist) (1914 – 1998), a British artist * Margaret Campbell Geddes (1913 – 1997), British noble and Princess of Hesse and by Rhine {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Geddes (writer)
''For the British artist, Margaret Geddes (1914-1998), see Margaret Geddes (artist).'' Margaret Geddes (born 1949) is an Australian writer, journalist and historian. She has written biographies of Australians, ''Remembering Weary'' (1996) on Weary Dunlop, Edward Dunlop and ''Remembering Bradman'' (2002) on Donald Bradman; and the recollections of World War II participants in ''Blood, Sweat and Tears'' (2004). Biography Margaret Geddes was born in 1949 in rural Victoria. Her lifelong interest in World War II was influenced by her family history; five of her mother's six younger brothers enlisted in the services during the war, and two died. Geddes worked as a journalist for ''The Age'' newspaper – initially writing rock music reviews. In 1997 Geddes authored a work of fiction, ''Unseemly Longing: A Novel'', which is "about a woman diagnosed with a brain tumour. [It] tells of her difficulty in adjusting to life and establishing her identity after a major operation". She has publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Geddes (artist)
''For the Australian writer, Margaret Geddes, see Margaret Geddes (other).'' Margaret Geddes (7 November 1914 – 1998) was a British oil painter of landscapes and figure subjects who later developed an abstract style. Biography Geddes was born in Cheam in Surrey and attended school in Eastbourne. She studied at the Westminster School of Art in London, where she was taught by both Walter Bayes and Mark Gertler, from 1930 to 1936. Geddes began exhibiting in group shows while still a student and in 1938 was elected to the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers. During World War II Geddes worked as a draughtswoman in the Fire Service Department of the Home Office. After the war, she resumed her exhibition career, showing regularly with the London Group, the New English Art Club, the Society of Women Artists and at the Royal Academy. The Leicester Galleries and the Redfern Gallery also displayed her work. Her first solo exhibition was hosted by the Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |