Margaret Francis Ellen Baskerville (14 September 1861 – 6 July 1930), was an Australian sculptor, water-colourist, and educator.
In the 1907 Australian Exhibition of Women's Work she won First Prize for 'Best Model of a Figure or Group of Figures in Marble or Bronze' for Dawn of the Mind[4] (later purchased by Nellie Melba and illustrated in Melba's Gift Book of Australian Art And Literature[5]), and 2nd in Medal Design[6] She assisted her former teacher Douglas Richardson in a shared studio.
[9] In 1916 Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin undertook for the entrepreneurial Greek émigré restaurateur (Greek Consul-General) Antony J. J. Lucas the luxury refit of the Vienna Cafe at 270 Collins Street, Melbourne in a transitional Art Nouveau/Art Deco style.
They commissioned local artists;[10] Baskerville[11] jeweller Charles Costerman for the sculptural elements[12] and Bertha Merfield for a mural.
Other memberships include the Yarra Sculptors' Society, the Victorian Sketching Club, the Women's Art Club, the council of the Australian Institute of the Arts and Literature, the Austral Salon and the Victorian Artists Society.