Margaret Davies
Welsh art collector
Margaret Sidney Davies (14 December 1884 – 13 March 1963), was a Welsh art collector and patron of the arts. With her sister Gwendoline, she bequeathed a total of 260 works, particularly strong in Impressionist and 20th-century art, which formed the basis of the present-day National Museum Wales' international collection.2
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Born Dec 14, 1884, died Mar 13, 1963.1
About
The sisters started the Gregynog Press in 1922 and the Gregynog Music Festival in 1933.
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Wales3
Like her sister Gwen, Margaret was born at Llandinam and educated at Highfield School in Hendon. They and their brother David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, were the children of Edward Davies, the only son of David Davies Llandinam, an industrialist and philanthropist.
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Career
Occupation: art collector, exhibition curator.6
- Date not recordedFounded White House charity4
- Date not recordedFounded Welsh Town-Planning and Housing Trust5
Personal life
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Sources
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- 1WikidataMargaret Davies on Wikidata
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