Em resumo
De todas as obras originais deixadas por Margaret Gates, a mais famosa é Landscape in Colorado (1938), da coleção do The Phillips Collection, em Washington, D.C.. Logo atrás vêm Bancroft Place (1932) e Ice House in the Fog (1939). Nosso catálogo contém 5 obras de Margaret Gates; a galeria preservou as 5 que o mundo mais admira, cada uma exibida com sua data, seu museu e sua história.
As 10 principais pinturas de Margaret Gates: a escolha da galeria
Os museus que guardam os originais de Margaret Gates
O museu que detém a maioria das pinturas desta página.
| Museus | Cidade | Obras de Margaret Gates | Pinturas desta lista |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington, D.C. | 5 | Landscape in Colorado, Bancroft Place, Ice House in the Fog |
Margaret Gates década a década: a obra original que define cada uma
Obras por década
Escolha uma década para ver a obra original que a define.
Perguntas de colecionadores sobre as pinturas de Margaret Gates
Por qual obra Margaret Gates é mais conhecido(a)?Revelar a resposta
Landscape in Colorado (1938), The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.. Bancroft Place (1932) e Ice House in the Fog (1939) vêm a seguir.
Qual era a idade de Margaret Gates quando Landscape in Colorado foi feita?Revelar a resposta
35 anos: Landscape in Colorado data de 1938, e Margaret Gates nasceu em 1903.
Quantas pinturas Margaret Gates deixou?Revelar a resposta
Nosso catálogo contém 5 obras de Margaret Gates, datadas de 1932 a 1953.
Em quais museus estão expostas as obras-primas de Margaret Gates?Revelar a resposta
Principalmente em The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.). A tabela de museus acima lista todos eles.
Em que anos Margaret Gates pintou as suas obras mais famosas?Revelar a resposta
Em 1930s: 3 das 5 obras nesta página foram feitas então, sendo Landscape in Colorado delas.
Quais são as primeiras e as últimas obras originais famosas de Margaret Gates?Revelar a resposta
Nesta página, a mais antiga é Bancroft Place (1932) e a mais recente é Hunters (1953).
Quais obras de Margaret Gates estão expostas no The Phillips Collection?Revelar a resposta
Landscape in Colorado, Bancroft Place e Ice House in the Fog: o The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. detém 5 das obras desta página.
Margaret Gates: vida e obra
A Life in Color and Education
Margaret Casey Gates was an American painter, artist, art educator, and administrator. Born in Washington, D.C., she began her artistic journey studying privately with Bertha Perry before attending the Corcoran School of Art. Her formal education continued at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center under Henry Varnum Poor. After a brief period as a commercial artist, she pursued further studies at the Phillips Memorial Gallery School, where she eventually joined the teaching faculty and served as the executive secretary of the gallery.
Her artistic practice was diverse, primarily utilizing watercolor, oil, and tempera to explore themes ranging from figures to industrial scenes. During the mid-1930s, she participated in a series of commissions for the Treasury Department, traveling to the U.S. Virgin Islands. This period yielded vivid watercolors, such as The White Gate, which captured the decorative patterns of wrought iron against the sun, sand, and native population of St. Thomas.
Legacy and Public Works
Gates achieved significant recognition through public commissions and exhibitions. In 1939, she won a competition to create a post office mural for Mebane, North Carolina, titled Landscape—Tobacco Curing, which was installed in 1941. This work depicts a man and a young boy walking toward a tobacco farm in daylight. Additionally, her watercolor Live Oaks was acquired by the government for the federal hospital of Fort Stanton, New Mexico.
Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, her work was exhibited in numerous prestigious venues, including:
Beyond the canvas, Gates was a writer who contributed articles to The Washington Spectator and maintained a regular column titled "The People vs. Art" in the journal Right Angle. Her professional life also included roles at the Watkins Gallery at American University and the Madeira School.



