Biografie von Margaret O'Hagan PETERSON (1902-1997)

Birth place: Seattle, WA.

Addresses: Berkeley, CA; Victoria, B.C., Canada, 1956

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: UC Berkeley (M.A.); with Hans Hofmann and V. Vytacil; with Andre Lhote in Paris

Exhibited: CPLH, 1933 (solo), 1960 (solo); San Fran. Women A., 1935 (prize)-36 (prize); GGE, 1939; SFMA, 1939 (solo), 1973 (solo); Univ. of British Columbia, 1961 (solo)

Member: American Abstract Artists

Comments: A Cubist early in her career. Illustrator: The Man on the Flying Trapeze,", 1934. Position: teacher, Univ. Calif., 1928-1950. She was married to a Canadian writer and moved to Canada, spending eleven years on the Island of Salina in Italy.

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists in California, 436; Trenton, ed. Independent Spirits, 32, cites birth date of 1902. "