What is Margaret Olley?
[[File:Margaret Olley.jpg|thumb|Margaret Olley in 2009]] '''Margaret Hannah Olley''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}} (24 June 1923 - 26 July 2011) was an [[Australian]] [[artist]].<ref name=morgan>{{cite web |url= http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/artist-margaret-olley-dead-20110726-1hxxr.html |title=Artist Margaret Olley dead |first=Joyce |last=Morgan |work=smh.com.au |year=26 July 2011 |accessdate=1 August 2011}}</ref><ref name=smh2>{{cite web |url= http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/olley-painter-and-national-treasure-dies-20110726-1hxz1.html |title=Olley, painter and national treasure, dies |first= |last= |work=news.smh.com.au |year=26 July 2011 |accessdate=1 August 2011}}</ref> She was born in [[Lismore, New South Wales]], and died in [[Paddington, New South Wales]]. She was well known for generous gifts of paintings and money to public art galleries in Australia.<ref name=morgan/> These gifts included works by [[Cezanne]] and [[Picasso]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-07-13/olley-donates-birthday-picasso-to-gallery/1800996 |title=Olley donates 'birthday' Picasso to gallery - (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |first=Paula |last=Kruger |work=ABC News |year=13 July 2006 |accessdate=1 August 2011}}</ref> She is also famous for being the model for portraits. Two paintings of her won the [[Archibald Prize]]; [[William Dobell]]'s painting in 1948, and [[Ben Quilty]]'s in 2011.<ref name=morgan/> She was described by [[Julia Gillard]], the [[Prime Minister of Australia]], as a great artist and a true Australian national treasure.<ref name=smh2/> She grew up on [[sugarcane]] farms in [[Queensland]], and her artistic talent was noticed at school.<ref name=abc>{{cite web |url= http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-26/margaret-olley-passes-at-88/2810918 |title=Artist Margaret Olley dead |first= |last= |work=ABC News |year=26 July 2011 |accessdate=1 August 2011}}</ref> Her teachers convinced her parents she should study art at the [[Brisbane]] Technical College.<r