Margaret Mellis

Margaret Nairne Mellis
Born21 January 1914
Wukingfu (Wujingfu), Swatow, China
Died17 March 2009(2009-03-17) (aged 95)
NationalityScottish
EducationEdinburgh College of Art
Known forAbstract art
Spouses

Margaret Nairne Mellis (22 January 1914 – 17 March 2009) was a Scottish artist, one of the early members and last survivors of the group of modernist artists that gathered in St Ives, in Cornwall, in the 1940s.[1] She and her first husband, Adrian Stokes, played an important role in the rise of St Ives as a magnet for artists. She later married Francis Davison, also an artist, and became a mentor to the young Damien Hirst.

  1. ^ Collins, Ian (21 March 2009). "Obituary: Margaret Mellis". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2019.