| Margaret Ralston Gest | |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, L'Academie Scandinave |
| Field: | Painting |
Margaret Ralston Gest (1900-1965) was an American painter. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten.[1]
Gest was born in 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2] She attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art from 1920 to 1924, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1924 to 1928, and, Paris from 1928 to 1929.[3] Gest was known for her Cubist style, primarily in watercolors and multicultural approach.
From 1927 through 1960 Gest exhibited regularly at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[4] She was a member of the Philadelphia Water Color Club, the Contemporary Club, the North Shore Art Association, the Plastic Club, and the Woodmere Gallery.[4]
Gest lived most of the year in Philadelphia. spending summers in Gloucester, Massachusetts.[4] [3] She died in 1965.[4]
In 1977 her library was auctioned at Sotheby's in London.[5]
Gest's work was included in the 1998 retrospective, "The Philadelphia Ten" at the Moore College of Art & Design.[6] Gest was a benefactor of Haverford College with a religious theme,[7] and the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections offers a "Gest Fellowship"[8]