A. Constance Roth b. 14 May 1859

Also known as H. Constance Roth, A. Constance Jones, Constance Penstone, C. P., A. C. P., A. C. R., Madame Roth, 'Scalpel', S. A. H. Robinson, A. Constance Smedley, E. Constance Roth, A. C. Roth, Mme Roth, C. Penstone
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Constance Roth, painter, cartoonist, decorative artist, art teacher and journalist, taught life drawing at Julian Ashton's in 1885. She departed Australia in 1892, travelling to England and South Africa. She founded 'The Owl' in 1895.
Tags: Decorative Arts

Citations

  • 'NSW Marriage Records : 82/1881’.

  • Roth, A. Constance (1889), 'The Anglo-Australian Collection’, Centennial Magazine 1/10, May, p.742, Also pp 770, 772, 774.

  • Gibbney, H.J.; & Smith, Ann G. (1987), 'A Biographical Register 1788-1939’, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.

  • Greenwall, Ryno (1992), 'Artists & Illustrators of the Anglo-Boer War’, Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg, South Africa.

  • Maynard, Margaret (1984), 'Australians 1888’, November, p 13.

  • Roth, Constance (1889), 'The Anglo-Australian Collection’, Centennial Magazine 1/10, May, pp 741-747.

  • Berman, Esme (1983), 'Art and Artists of South Africa : An illustrated biographical dictionary and historical survey of painters, sculptors and graphic artists since 1875’, Cape Town, South Africa : Balkema.

  • (1886), 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1896), Cape Town, South Africa : Cape Times Weekly Edition, 06-03.

  • (1900), London, England, UK : The Graphic, 06-16.

  • (1888), Centennial Magazine, 1/5, December, p 325.

  • (1889), Centennial Magazine, 1/7, February, pp.454-455.

  • (1864), 'Biographical Register’, 05-14.

  • (1896), Cape Town,South Africa : The Owl: Penstone’s Weekly, 06-06.

  • Shaw, Gerald (1975), 'Some Beginnings: the Cape Times (1876-1910)’, London, England, UK; & New York, USA : Oxford University Press, [99].

  • Cape Town, South Africa : The Cape.

  • Cape Town, South Africa : Cape Argus.

  • Cape Town, South Africa : Cape Times.

  • (1900), South Africa : The Daily Graphic.

  • Illustrated Sydney News, 1887-05-16; 1888-01-26; 1889-10-17; 1889-11-14; 1890-08-30; 1891-12-05.

  • Sydney Mail, 1885-08-22; 1888-09-22; 1889-10-19.

  • Sydney Morning Herald, 1885-04-11; 1886-04-20; 1887-02-06; 1887-12-08; 1887-12-10; 1888-10-02; 1888-10-06; 1889-09-14; 1889-10-19; 1890-04-12; 1891-12-31.

  • 'Joan Kerr Archive’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • Information sourced from Reynolds, Barrie.

  • Information sourced from Bennett, Michael.

  • Clark, Jane; & Whitelaw, Bridget (1985), 'Golden Summers’, Melbourne, Vic : National Gallery of Victoria.

  • (3 September 1892), Sydney, NSW: Bulletin.

  • (11 July 1890), Melbourne, Vic: Table Talk.

  • Information sourced from Deakin, Edwina.

  • Andrew Montana. “Constance Roth and Ellis Rowan. Lady Artists and Matters of Influence.” Fabrications. 23:2, December 2013, pp.208-214

See also

  • 'Madame Constance Roth, lithograph from the Illustrated Sydney News 14 November 1889.'.
  • ''Apples' 1890, oil on cedar panel 24.8 x 91 cm, in Heritage, ch. 1, plate 12.'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions