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Born in [[South Australia]] in 1940, Plant grew up in [[Williamstown, Victoria|Williamstown]] and as a schoolgirl saw paintings by [[John Perceval]] of fishing boats the suburb's harbour, and later wrote the first monograph on the artist.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Jo |date=18 October 2000 |title=John Perceval 1923-2000 : Landscapes of innocence and angels of clay |pages=25 |work=The Age}}</ref>
Born in [[South Australia]] in 1940, Plant grew up in [[Williamstown, Victoria|Williamstown]] and as a schoolgirl saw paintings by [[John Perceval]] of fishing boats the suburb's harbour, and later wrote the first monograph on the artist.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Jo |date=18 October 2000 |title=John Perceval 1923-2000 : Landscapes of innocence and angels of clay |pages=25 |work=The Age}}</ref>


Plant began tutoring in the Department of Fine Arts at the [[University of Melbourne]] in 1962 until 1965. With [[Ursula Hoff]] she wrote ''The National Gallery of Victoria; Painting, Drawing, Sculpture'' published in 1968,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Margaret. |first=Plant, |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1239774759 |title=National Gallery of Victoria : a painting, drawing, sculpture |date=1968 |publisher=F. W. Cheshire |oclc=1239774759}}</ref> and that year was appointed Lecturer at [[RMIT University]]. Hers was the first academic appointment of an art historian within an Australian art school; she was made Senior Lecturer there, a position she held until 1975.
Plant began tutoring in the [[University of Melbourne]] Department of Fine Arts in 1962 until 1965 and completed a Master of Arts in 1969 there with her thesis ''The realm of the curtain : Paul Klee and theatre''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Plant |first=Margaret |title=The Realm of the Curtain : Paul Klee and Theatre |publisher=University of Melbourne |year=1969 |edition=Master of Arts Thesis |location=Melbourne |oclc=222922330}}</ref> Meanwhile, with [[Ursula Hoff]] she wrote ''The National Gallery of Victoria; Painting, Drawing, Sculpture'' published in 1968,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Margaret. |first=Plant, |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1239774759 |title=National Gallery of Victoria : a painting, drawing, sculpture |date=1968 |publisher=F. W. Cheshire |oclc=1239774759}}</ref> and that year was appointed Lecturer at [[RMIT University]]. Hers was the first academic appointment of an art historian within an Australian art school; she was made Senior Lecturer there, a position she held until 1975.


Plant returned to the University of Melbourne as senior lecturer in fine arts 1975–82 and resided in [[Malvern, Victoria|Malvern]].
Plant returned to the University of Melbourne as senior lecturer in fine arts 1975–82 and resided in [[Malvern, Victoria|Malvern]].
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== Publications ==
== Publications ==
* {{Cite book |last=Plant |first=Margaret |title=The Realm of the Curtain : Paul Klee and Theatre |publisher=University of Melbourne |year=1969 |edition=Master of Arts Thesis |location=Melbourne |oclc=222922330}}

* {{Cite book |last=Margaret. |first=Plant, |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1239774759 |title=National Gallery of Victoria : a painting, drawing, sculpture |date=1968 |publisher=F. W. Cheshire |oclc=1239774759}}
* {{Cite book |last=Margaret. |first=Plant, |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1239774759 |title=National Gallery of Victoria : a painting, drawing, sculpture |date=1968 |publisher=F. W. Cheshire |oclc=1239774759}}


Revision as of 05:18, 8 November 2022

Margaret Plant is an Australian art historian and currently Emeritus Professor of Visual Arts at Monash University.

Career

Born in South Australia in 1940, Plant grew up in Williamstown and as a schoolgirl saw paintings by John Perceval of fishing boats the suburb's harbour, and later wrote the first monograph on the artist.[1]

Plant began tutoring in the University of Melbourne Department of Fine Arts in 1962 until 1965 and completed a Master of Arts in 1969 there with her thesis The realm of the curtain : Paul Klee and theatre.[2] Meanwhile, with Ursula Hoff she wrote The National Gallery of Victoria; Painting, Drawing, Sculpture published in 1968,[3] and that year was appointed Lecturer at RMIT University. Hers was the first academic appointment of an art historian within an Australian art school; she was made Senior Lecturer there, a position she held until 1975.

Plant returned to the University of Melbourne as senior lecturer in fine arts 1975–82 and resided in Malvern.

From 1982–96, long association with Monash University as Professor of Visual Arts followed, and she has continued there as Emeritus Professor.[4] Frequently a presenter at events and exhibitions at the National Gallery of Victoria,[5] she has been outspoken about the invisiblity or, or erasure of,women in Australian art and social histories and their representation in collections.[6] She was an invited member of a committee,[7] headed by the chief commissioner of Port Phillip Des Clark, established to build a museum of contemporary art in Melbourne,[8] recently realised in design and construction of NGV Contemporary[9].

Honours

Monash University instituted the 'Margaret Plant Annual Lecture in Art History' in 2018, at which presenters have been James Meyer, curator, National Gallery of Art, Washington, in 2018; Christina Barton, writer, editor, educator and director of the Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, at the Victoria University of Wellington, in 2019; Ming Tiampo (Professor of Art History, Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, in 2021; and in 2022, Erika Wolf, research fellow at the Ne boltai! Collection of 20th Century Propaganda.

Publications

  • Plant, Margaret (1969). The Realm of the Curtain : Paul Klee and Theatre (Master of Arts Thesis ed.). Melbourne: University of Melbourne. OCLC 222922330.
  • Margaret., Plant, (1968). National Gallery of Victoria : a painting, drawing, sculpture. F. W. Cheshire. OCLC 1239774759.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Jo (18 October 2000). "John Perceval 1923-2000 : Landscapes of innocence and angels of clay". The Age. p. 25.
  2. ^ Plant, Margaret (1969). The Realm of the Curtain : Paul Klee and Theatre (Master of Arts Thesis ed.). Melbourne: University of Melbourne. OCLC 222922330.
  3. ^ Margaret., Plant, (1968). National Gallery of Victoria : a painting, drawing, sculpture. F. W. Cheshire. OCLC 1239774759.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ McCulloch, Alan; McCulloch, Susan; McCulloch Childs, Emily (2006). The new McCulloch's encyclopedia of Australian art. Fitzroy BC, Vic.: AUS Art Editions. p. 925. OCLC 608565596.
  5. ^ "Advertisment : February at the National Gallery of Victoria". The Age. 3 February 1990. p. 210.
  6. ^ Plant, Margaret (30 May 1992). "Letters : Only ONE woman in that century". The Age. p. 10.
  7. ^ Le Couteur, Guy (29 November 1995). "Traditional arguments - contemporary theme". The Age. p. 18.
  8. ^ Gill, Raymond (4 May 1994). "Museum proposal goes for the cutting edge". The Age. p. 22.
  9. ^ "The Fox: NGV Contemporary | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
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