DAVIES, MARGARET SIDNEY (1884 - 1963), art collector and benefactress

sister of Gwendoline Elizabeth Davies; born Llandinam, 14 December 1884. Although many of her activities were joint ones with her sister, she was herself an amateur painter of ability. ' Miss Daisy ', as she was generally called, was rather more conventional in her tastes than her sister, but after the latter's death she developed her collection of paintings to include Bonnard, Kokoschka, Sisley, Utrillo and others. She purchased work by contemporary British painters with the intention of laying the foundations of a travelling exhibition following their bequest to the National Museum.

She received an hon. LL.D. of the University of Wales in 1949, and in 1960 she made the major gift of her home Gregynog and its estate to the University for use as a residential conference and artistic centre. She herself remained in the hall as a tenant until her death in London on 13 March 1963. Her ashes were buried at Llandinam.

Author

• Glyn Tegai Hughes

Sources

• For references see the article on her sister

Further Reading

• Beryl H. Griffiths, Mamwlad (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch Llanrwst 2016), pp.133-154
• Trevor Fishlock, A gift of sunlight (Llandysul 2014)
• Andrew Renton, Welsh History Month: Gwendoline and Margaret Davies helped to transform the range and quality of Wales's national art collection, Wales Online, 23 October 2015
• , BBC Walesarts, 25 Ionawr 2011
• The Davies Sisters, National Museum Cardiff
• The Davies sisters: Gregynog and the sisters
• The Davies Sisters at the Front in World War One
• Wikipedia Article: Margaret Davies

Additional Links

• VIAF: 42729615
• Wikidata: Q540181

Published date: 2001

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