Merioola Group
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The Merioola Group, also known as the Sydney Charm School, was a group of Australian artists active in Sydney during the 1940s and early 1950s. The group was named after Merioola, a Woollahra mansion
Members of the Merioola Group, photographed in Merioola in the 1940s
Ballet Rambert dancer Walter Gore at Merioola, 1948
Margaret Olley
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Margaret Hannah Olley was an Australian painter. She held over ninety solo exhibitions during her lifetime.
Merioola Group
…Russell Drysdale, Donald Friend, Lloyd Rees, Justin O'Brien, Jean Bellette, Paul Haefliger, David Strachan, Sali Herman, Eric Wilson, Mary Edwell-Burke, Margaret Olley, Roland Strasser, Michael Kmit, Peter Kaiser, Harry Tatlock Miller, Jocelyn Rickards, Adrian Feint, Arthur Fleischmann, Eileen Haxton and applied artists…
Margaret Olley in August 2009
Olley's home in Paddington
Hibiscus in flower in front yard of her Paddington home, March 2014
Antique fountain originally in Margaret Olley's Paddington garden, now part of Wendy Whiteley's garden at Lavender Bay