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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Name
Hera Roberts
Also known as:
  • Hera Christian Glen
  • Hera Christian Roberts
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Birth date
1892
Birth place
Dubbo, New South Wales
Death date
17 January 1969
Death place
Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales
Death note
Other sources give dates varying between 1949? and 1960?
Active Period
  • c.1927 - c.1949
Residence
  • c.1919 - c.1969 Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1892 - c.1919 Dubbo, New South Wales
Training
  • Thea Proctor, Sydney, New South Wales
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

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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..>]