Mary Margaret Abbott Roberts b. c.8 November 1916

Also known as Mary Abbott , Mary M Roberts
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Designer (Jewellery Designer)
Mary Abbott Roberts, who also exhibited under her maiden name of Mary Abbott, was born in Quirindi in rural New South Wales and studied in Sydney at the Sydney Commercial Arts School and the Julian Ashton Art School. She was best known as an academic portrait painter and regularly exhibited in the Archibald Prize throughout the 1950s.
Tags: women's art, portraiture, illustration, fashion, Archibald Prize, Australian Women's Land Army
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Mona McDonnell
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