Margot Perryman (born 1938) is a British educator and abstract artist. Her works are held in the collections of the

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and the UK Government. She taught at institutions including Goldsmith College and Ravensbourne College in London, and at Winchester College of Art.

Biography

Perryman was born in 1938 in

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. She studied at the

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(1953–1956), which is now part of the

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. She then specialised in painting at the

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in London (1956–1959).Exhibitions
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, accessdate: 22/08/2014 After graduating, Perryman exhibited at John Moore's Liverpool Exhibition in 1965. She taught at the United States School in

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then lived and worked in

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from 1965–1966. After returning to England she taught at Goldsmith College (now Goldsmiths University) and Ravensbourne College in London, and at Winchester College of Art. Perryman's earliest works were earlier works were of ragged flat-colour shapes and she also had an interest in mathematical drawings. In 1970, Perryman's acrylic paintings were exhibited at in a group exhibition at the Richard Demarco Gallery in

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, Scotland. Her 1969 painting ''Arcade'' was purchased directly from the exhibition and is held in the permanent collection of the

. Perryman's work ''Untitled No.76'' is held in the

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's art collection. Other works by Perryman are held by the Leicestershire Education Committee, The Fitzwilliam Museum and the

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Collection at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perryman, Margot 1938 births Living people 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists 21st-century English painters 21st-century English women artists Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Alumni of the University of Westminster English women painters Artists from Plymouth, Devon 20th-century British women painters 21st-century British women painters