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Biography
Margaret Koscielny began her art studies at Texas Woman's University with ,Toni LaSalle, (a student of Hans Hofmann), She then attended the University of Georgia, where she earned the degrees of Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Master of Fine Arts in Art. Printmaking and drawing were the primary interests of her graduate studies while studying with Charles Morgan, (a student of Jimmy Ernst, son of Max Ernst, the Surrealist). German Expressionism and Abstract Expressionism were important influences during this time.
After a brief career teaching in public and private schools, she became Assistant to the Director of the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, (then called Ninah M. H.Cummer Gallery of Art). Margaret Koscielny (Parker) was responsible for the organization and installation of exhibitions, publications, the training of Docents, and lectures on art history. During that time she also appeared regularly on television to discuss works of art in the museum's permanent collection. In December of 1974, Koscielny (Parker) made a solo month-long tour of major artistic capitals of Russia and the Ukraine in the old Soviet Union. This journey became the subject of nine lectures to capacity audiences at the Cummer Museum. She left the museum in 1974 to focus her activities entirely on her artwork.
