Phyllis Margaret Cilento (23 December 1923 – 21 November 2006) was an Australian painter and printmaker. Biography. Cilento was born in Sydney, Australia on 23 December 1923. She studied at East Sydney Technical College. In 1947, Cilento went to New York on a Travelling Scholarship.
- Painting, printmaking
- 21 November 2006 (aged 82), Melbourne, Australia
- Phyllis Margaret Cilento, 23 December 1923, Sydney, Australia
- East Sydney Technical College
Margaret Cilento Also known as: Phyllis Margaret Cilento Margaret Cilento-Maslen Gender Female Roles Artist Birth date 1923 Death date 2006 Active Period c.1936 - c.2006 Residence c.1965- Brisbane, Qld. 1954 - 1965 London, England 1951 - 1954 Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Qld. c.1949 - c.1951 France c.1949 London, England 1945 - 1949 New York, USA
Australia Biography Margaret Cilento Margaret Cilento was born in Sydney in 1923. She spent her early life in Brisbane, returning to Sydney in 1943 to attend the East Sydney Technical School. In 1947 Cilento travelled to the United States to join her parents and to continue her studies.
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Margaret Cilento was the eldest daughter and second child born to Sir Raphael and Lady Phyllis Cilento, both prominent doctors and policy advocates in Australia. Cilento suffered from deafness as a child, which contributed to her early gravitation toward the visual arts.
- Margaret Cilento
- Sydney, Australia
- 1923-2006
- Seaford, Australia
Margaret Cilento (born Phyllis Margaret Cilento), painter, printmaker, illustrator and designer, was born in Sydney, Australia on December 23, 1923. She grew up in Brisbane but moved to Sidney in 1943. She studied at Goldsmith College, London; Central School Art and Design, London; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; and East Sydney Technical College.
Margaret Cilento (sister) Diane Cilento (2 April 1932 – 6 October 2011) was an Australian actress. She is best known for her film roles in Tom Jones (1963), which earned her an Academy Award nomination, Hombre (1967) and The Wicker Man (1973).