Hera Roberts b. 1892

Also known as Hera Christian Glen, Hera Christian Roberts
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
A flamboyantly stylish and well known designer working in the bold modernist style of the 1920s and 1930s. Very much part of the Sydney social scene, Roberts enjoyed a considerable amount of fame and artistic authority.
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associate of
Harold Cazneaux
1878
Artist (Photographer)
relative of
Thea Proctor
1879
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter), Designer (Graphic Designer)
relative of
Gregory Blaxland
Other occupation
associate of
Pauline Watt
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associate of
née Proctor Mary C. Dibbs
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associate of
Monte Luke
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associate of
Jocelyn Gaden
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associate of
Robert Holden
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child of
Robert James Arthur Roberts
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child of
née Blaxland Nina Jane Roberts
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spouse of
Gus Augustus Munro Glen
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grandchild of
Mrs Charles Blaxland
1892
Artist (Carver)
possible attribution
associate of
Margaret Jaye
1892
Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
associate of
Marjory Francesca McCrae
1892
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter), Designer (Graphic Designer)
spouse of
Sydney Ure Smith
1892
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Graphic Designer), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker)
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References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 10573/1969; 38078/1965'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Marriage Records : 20710/1953; 6547/1890'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records : 12660/1892; 8291/1867'.>, <ExternalResource: McNeil, Peter (December 1994), 'Designing women: Gender sexuality and the interior decorator c.1890-1940', Art History, .>, <ExternalResource: (30 January 1930), Herself 11/1.>, <ExternalResource: (10 October 1919), Triad.>, <ExternalResource: Waddell, Thea, Information from.>, <ExternalResource: Lennon, Jane, Information from.>, <ExternalResource: Fullagar, Col, Information from.>, <ExternalResource: Emma Glyde. "Life in Colour. The Modern Vision of Hera Roberts." Look, May 2013 (AGNSW), pps.16-18.>, <ExternalResource: Gitte Weise. "En garde. Hera Roberts and the Burdekin House exhibition." Sydney Moderns, AGNSW, 2013, pp.126-131..>, <ExternalResource: “Australian Furniture.” Architectural Section, (J.L. Stephen Mansfield, editor.), Art in Australia 16 November 1936, pps.77-88. [furniture by S. Lipson, Molly Gray/Ricketts and Thorp, Fred Ward, F.E. de Groot, Hera Roberts, Stuart-Low Furniture Studio, H. Goldman P/L, Mewton and Grounds, E.F. Bilson/Branchflower]>] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 10573/1969; 38078/1965'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Marriage Records : 20710/1953; 6547/1890'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records : 12660/1892; 8291/1867'.>, <ExternalResource: McNeil, Peter (December 1994), 'Designing women: Gender sexuality and the interior decorator c.1890-1940', Art History, .>, <ExternalResource: (30 January 1930), Herself 11/1.>, <ExternalResource: (10 October 1919), Triad.>, <ExternalResource: Waddell, Thea, Information from.>, <ExternalResource: Lennon, Jane, Information from.>, <ExternalResource: Fullagar, Col, Information from.>, <ExternalResource: Emma Glyde. "Life in Colour. The Modern Vision of Hera Roberts." Look, May 2013 (AGNSW), pps.16-18.>, <ExternalResource: Gitte Weise. "En garde. Hera Roberts and the Burdekin House exhibition." Sydney Moderns, AGNSW, 2013, pp.126-131..>]