FED:Margaret Olley farewelled in Sydney

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2011
FED:Margaret Olley farewelled in Sydney

MARGARET OLLEY has been fondly remembered as a remarkable Australian with an unshakeable
passion for people, life and art, at a state memorial service in Sydney.

About 500 people gathered inside the Art Gallery of NSW today, where flags flew at
half mast and BEN QUILTY'S Archibald Prize-winning portrait of OLLEY hung in tribute to
the late painter and philanthropist.

Governor-General QUENTIN BRYCE told mourners OLLEY'S paintings spoke of her beauty,
but it was the woman who painted them, her enduring qualities and assuredness, that made
people smile.

QUILTY says the 88-year-old, who died at home in Paddington in July, would have hated
all the fuss, but tributes came from Premier BARRY O'FARRELL, NSW Art Gallery director
EDMUND CAPON and her art dealer PHILIP BACON.

Former prime ministers JOHN HOWARD and GOUGH WHITLAM also attended the service.

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KEYWORD: OLLEY (SYDNEY)

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