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Studies:
1903 briefly under Professor Edward Roworth (qv); 1913-14 six months
study in Laren, The Netherlands;
1914-19 Slade School of Art, London, under Henry
Tonks , Ambrose McEvoy , Walter W Russell
and Philip Wilson Steer; 1922 occasional night classes in
figure drawing under Professor Jachels in Berlin.
Profile:
Strongly influenced by the German Expressionists particularly Schmidt-Rotluff
and Marc, with whom she was in contact. From 1922 a close friend of
Irma Stern. 1907 a member of the SA
Society of Artists. 1938 a member of the
New Group. 1912 worked as a teacher in the Transvaal; 1913 visited The Netherlands; 1914-19 lived in London,
visiting Scotland, the English Midlands and
SA; 1919-20 in Belgium and Germany; 1920-21 lived on Lake Garda and at San Vigilo, Italy; 1921-22 in SA;
1922-24 in Berlin, Germany, thereafter lived
in the Transvaal and the Cape. A film on her life was made by the Union Department of Education and Rembrandt
Ltd.
Exhibitions:
Participated in group exhibitions from 1909 in SA, Italy,Rhodesia
(Zimbabwe), The Netherlands, Belgium, West Germany and the UK;
1925 Argus Gallery, Cape Town,
first of many solo exhibitions held in SA; 1938 Stellenbosch, joint
exhibition with Rene Graetz, Cecil Higgs and Lippy Lipshitz, 1948 Tate Gallery, London,
South African Art Exhibition; 1956, 1960 and 1964
Quadrennial Exhibitions; 1965 South African Association of Arts Gallery, Cape Town, Retrospective
Exhibition; 1969 South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Pretoria Art Museum and
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Retrospective Exhibition; 1975 University of
Stellenbosch, Prestige Exhibition; 1975 Rand Afrikaans University,
Prestige Exhibition; 1980 University of Stellenbosch, Prestige Exhibition;
1986 South African Association of Arts Gallery Pretoria, Commemorative Exhibition; 1986 Silberberg
Gallery, Tulbagh, Cape Province, Centenary Exhibition.
Awards:
1946 - Medal of Honour for Painting, SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns:
1947 - Oscar Award, Die I/aderland newspaper
1959 - elected a Honorary
Member of SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns; 1968 - Medal of Honour, South
African Association of Arts (Cape Region).
Represented:
Durban Art Gallery; Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff-Reinet; Johannesburg
Art Gallery; Julius Gordon Africana Centre, Riversdale; King George VI Art
Gallery, Port Eliabeth; National Museum, Bloemfontein; Potchefstroom
Museum; Pretoria Art Museum; Rand Afrikaans University; Sandton Municipal
Collection; SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns; SA National Gallery, Cape
Town; University of the Orange Free State; University of Pretoria;
University of South Africa; University of Stellenbosch; University of the
Witwatersrand; William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley.
References:
J Meintjes, Maggie Laubser, 1944, HAUM, Cape Town; J van Rooyen, Maggie
Laubser, 1974, C Struik, Cape Town; The Arts in SA, edited by WHK,
1933-34, The Knox Printing & Publishing Company, Durban; KK;
PSA;Collectors' Guide; Our Art 1, Art SA, Oxford Companion to Art (under
SA) SA Art;Oxford Companion to 20C
Art (under SA), Panorama - February 1969 & September
1973; Artlook December 1968, November 1969, June 1973, October 1973 &August
/ September 1975; De Arte April 1976; SA Arts Calendar March 1984
& Winter 1986.
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