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Margaret Macdonald

Margaret Macdonald

Artist
WA-00034051
PaintingArt Nouveau
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
1
Works in Collection
5
Assets Indexed
1
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879�1967
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Art Nouveau
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960

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About

Why this artist matters now

Margaret Macdonald was a British designer and decorative artist whose spare, linear approach to metalwork, textiles, and interior design proved foundational to early modernism. Working alongside her husband Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow during the 1890s and early 1900s, she developed a distinctive aesthetic combining stylized organic forms with geometric restraint, executed in repousse metalwork, gesso panels, and embroidered textiles. Her work was exhibited internationally and influenced the development of Art Nouveau and proto-Modernist design.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement
Art Nouveau
Medium
Painting
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Canonical record

Artworks (1)

Artwork sources (1)

1 published of 1 catalogued · 1 with image
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Images

Birthday Party (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Birthday Party (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

2
Movements1
Art Nouveau
Collections1
Museum of Modern Art
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionWord and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879�1967
New York · 1968
Group ExhibitionArt Nouveau
New York · 1960