Margaret Gates Intră în o
emoție nu
o galerie de artă
Alege o stare de spirit și camera însăși îți va răspunde — lumina se răcește sau se încălzește, ritmul aerului se schimbă, iar doar lucrările care poartă acea emoție ies în prim-plan din întuneric. Tot celălalt se retrage în umbră.
Margaret Gates
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 Philli
ps 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 wa…