Margaret Gardiner (artist), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Margaret Gardiner (artist)

British artist

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1904

Date of Death: 02-Jan-2005

Profession: artist, patron of the arts

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Margaret Emilia Gardiner OBE (22 April 1904 – 2 January 2005) was a radical modern British patron of artists and resident of Hampstead, London, from 1932, where she was also a left wing political activist.
She was also for a time the partner of Professor John Desmond Bernal, the eminent scientist and political activist.
She was known as "Mrs Bernal" for most of her life, but they were never married.
In the 1980 Birthday Honours she was awarded an OBE for services to the Pier Arts Centre Trust, Stromness.
She was referred to as Margaret Emilia Gardiner Bernal on the list.