Margaret Barnard studied at the Glasgow School of Art in the early 1920s where she met her husband, fellow artist Robert Mackechnie. After a period living in Italy they returned to London where it is likely they both studied linocut with Claude Flight at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art around 1930. Barnard first exhibited linocuts at the Redfern Gallery in 1932 and again in 1933 when Girl and Fox was included in an exhibition of colour prints.

(One O'Clock Jump: British Linocuts from the Jazz Age, 7 December 2024 - 11 May 2025)