Margaret Early

Study of Light in pink and grey
approximately 27×26cm oil on canvas

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Margaret Early

(Australia, France)

A Voyage in Time and Place | Vol. 2

9 March – 6 April 2024

Margaret Early

Study of Light in rose
28×27cm oil on canvas

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‘Studies of Light in a French Village’

I started these when I was commissioned to do a painting of the château in my village. The studies of light on old stone are of the de Bary house opposite the château. I walk past it every morning when I go to the local bistro for my coffee break.

Margare Early ‘Studies of Light in a French Village’ from Robin Gibson on Vimeo.

Margaret Early

Study of Light in grey and ochre
28×27cm oil on canvas

$2400

Margaret Early

Study of Light, Spring
28×26cm oil on canvas

$2400

Margaret Early

Study of Light, Winter Snow
29×26cm oil on canvas

$2400

Margaret Early

Study of Light, Summer
28×28cm oil on canvas

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Margaret Early

Study of Light, Autumn
27×26cm oil on canvas

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Margaret Early

Le Printemps (Spring)
50×62cm oil on canvas

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I was born in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia

I have made three good choices in my life: the first was to choose a career in art; the second was to marry the Irish artist Micheal Farrell. The third was to choose to live in France in the village of my Huguenot ancestors.

Margaret Early

Maximilian I Hunting the Wild Pig
50×65cm oil on canvas

There is a tapestry in the Ecouen Renaissance Museum outside Paris that depicts Maximilian hunting. it is said that he invented a spear to kill wild pigs.

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Margaret Early

Frederic III & Eleanor of Portugal in Rome
41×42cm oil on canvas

1452, Frederick III travelled to Italy to receive his bride, Eleanor of Portugal. They met in Sienna and travelled to Florence and then to Rome, where he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

Maximilian I, was the son of Frederick III and Eleanor. Called ‘the Last Great Knight’.
Mary of Burgundy is said to have fallen in love with Maximilian through his letters. According to legend, Maximilian set off for Burgundy after arranging a proxy marriage. He was an impoverished suitor, thanks to Austria’s penchant for war. So, it is said, as he traveled through his native land, villagers pressed upon him gifts of gold and silver that enabled him to secure a diamond ring for Mary. History was made when Archduke Maximilian of Austria presented the first known diamond engagement ring to Mary of Burgundy.

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Margaret Early

The Meeting of Maximilian I and Marie of Burgundy
51×60cm oil on canvas

After five years of marriage and two children (Philip the Handsome and Margaret), Mary was killed in a riding accident near Wijnendale Castle.

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The path I have chosen is thanks to certain people in my life. My parents encouraged me to develop my artistic talent and gave me the best education possible: the New England Girl’s School (1969); a Bachelor of Arts from Sydney University (1972); a diploma from Shillito Design School; a post-graduate diploma from St Martin’s School of Art in London.

I would not be doing what I am doing if I had never met Phyllis Shillito.

Thanks to Walter McVitty I have had six children’s books published.

I thank the late Paul Gottlieb, my New York publisher from Abrams, who loved and encouraged my work

Margaret Early

Maximilian I & Marie of Burgundy, the Chess Game
44×48cm oil on canvas

After five years of marriage and two children (Philip the Handsome and Margaret), Mary was killed in a riding accident near Wijnendale Castle.

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Margaret Early

Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn
46×48cm oil on canvas

married in 1533

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Many people are intrigued that I have a very limited palette. Two reds, two blues, two yellows and white. No black. A result of studying colour under Phyllis Shillito in Sydney for three years

Another thing many French people ask is what is the style? I usually answer, it’s my style…….but I use French illuminated manuscripts and the so called International Gothic for reference

Margaret Early

The Coronation of Edward VI
50×67cm oil on canvas

This took place in 1547. He was only 9 and died at 15

$6250

Margaret Early

Maximilian I & Marie of Burgundy Hunting
44×48cm oil on canvas

After five years of marriage and two children (Philip the Handsome and Margaret), Mary was killed in a riding accident near Wijnendale Castle.

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Margaret Early

The Duke of Uzes
40×45cm oil on canvas

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Margaret Early

Frederic III & Eleanor in Florence
47×58cm oil on canvas

1452, Frederick III travelled to Italy to receive his bride, Eleanor of Portugal. They met in Sienna and travelled to Florence and then to Rome, where he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

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Margaret Early

Galileo presents a telescope to the Doge of Venice (1609)
39×39cm oil on canvas

$4000

Margaret Early

Elizabeth I Hunting with her Gentlemen (1575)
51×62cm oil on canvas

$6000

Margaret Early

Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, the Tournament
44×65cm oil on canvas

In 1509 Henry married his deceased brother’s wife, Catherine of Aragon.

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Margaret Early

The Diamond Ring
41×30cm oil on canvas

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Margaret Early

Summer
44×41cm oil on canvas

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Margaret Early

The Banquet of the Pheasant
46×40cm oil on canvas

In 1454 a banquet was given by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy in Lille. It was to promote a crusade against the Turks who had taken over Constantinople the year before. The crusade never took place.

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Margaret Early

Dark pink rose, after de Bray
approximately 12×12cm oil on canvas

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‘Studies of Flowers’

After an exhibition in Uzes in May 2023, I decided to give myself a painting lesson until I found inspiration for a new theme to work on. Nothing like doing studies after the Old Masters. There is a story behind the Dirck de Bray studies. The original painting, “Daffodils and Other Flowers in a Glass Vase” belongs to a friend of mine’s family. Their collection of 17th century Dutch Masters was on loan to the Kunstmuseum in Zürich for twenty years. Following a fire in 2022, the paintings were put into storage. After the building was restored they found that two of the paintings were missing, including the de Bray painting, of which I have made these individual studies.