Margaret Lilian Flockton (1861–1953)
The death has occurred at the age of 92 of Margaret Lillian Flockton, who was well known for many years as a watercolour artist.
Miss Flockton, who was born in England, came to Australia at 19 and for 40 years was the official artist for the Sydney Botanic Gardens.
She produced many water colour pictures of still life and illustrated the books of a former curator, J. H. Maiden.
She was a member of the Royal Art Society and frequently exhibited pictures at its shows.
Miss Flockton also gained a reputation as a lithographic artist in the early days, when she was Australia's only woman exponent of the art.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- Trove search
- interview, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 August 1953, p 3
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Maiden, Joseph Henry (work colleague)
Citation details
'Flockton, Margaret Lilian (1861–1953)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/flockton-margaret-lilian-27597/text34990, accessed 22 November 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
22 September,
1861
Sussex,
England
Death
12 August,
1953
(aged 91)
Tennyson Point, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cultural Heritage
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor
Legacies
- Acacia flocktoniae (plant species)
- Eucalyptus flocktoniae (plant species)
- Margaret Flockton Botanical Art Award (Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney)
- Olearia flocktoniae (plant species)