STODDART, MARGARET OLROG (1865-1934), a daughter of Mark P. Stoddart (q.v.), was born at Diamond Harbour, Canterbury, and received her education at the Edinburgh Girls' College. She studied painting at the Christchurch School of Art; in England under Norman Garstin, Charles Lasar and Louis Grier, and on the Continent. Miss Stoddart was one of the first members of the Canterbury Women's Club and of the Society for Imperial Culture, and was on the council of the Canterbury Society of Arts and the advisory committee of the Art Gallery Society. She painted chiefly in water-colours; the work which gained her a place among New Zealand's leading artists consisted principally of flower studies and landscapes. She exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Water Colours, the Society of British Artists, the Society of Watercolours (Rome), the Beaux Arts and the Societe des Artistes Francaises (Paris), and at numerous exhibitions in New Zealand. She died at Hanmer on 10 Dec 1934.

The Press, 11 Dec 1934; Art in N.Z., Dec 1935.

Reference: Volume 2, page 171

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