About Margaret Gest
Lived 1900 – 1965. Margaret Gest was an American painter.
Margaret Ralston Gest (1900-1965) was an American painter. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten.
Biography Gest was born in 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art from 1920 to 1924, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1924 to 1928, and , Paris from 1928 to 1929. Gest was known for her Cubist style, primarily in watercolors She was a member of the Philadelphia Water Color Club, the Contemporary Club, the North Shore Art Association, the Plastic Club, and the Woodmere Gallery.
Legacy In 1977 her library was auctioned at Sotheby's in London.
Gest's work was included in the 1998 retrospective, "The Philadelphia Ten" at the Moore College of Art & Design. Gest was a benefactor of Haverford College with a religious theme, and the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections offers a "Gest Fellowship"
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Who was Margaret Gest?
American painter (1900-1965)
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Margaret Gest was born in 1900 in Philadelphia.
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Margaret Gest died in 1965.
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Margaret Gest was a painter.
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Margaret Gest was American.
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