Mary M. Abbott b. c.8 November 1916

Also known as Mary Abbott Roberts, Mary M Roberts
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
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
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exhibited at
"On Line Exhibition" Figure Drawings by teachers of Julian Ashton's Art School
Date
8 October 1991 - 18 October 1991
Place
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Women and the Arts Festival
exhibited at
Mary Abbott Roberts, 1935-1985
Date
21 June 1985 - 21 July 1985
Place
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW
Description

A retrospective exhibition of the work of Mary Abbott Roberts, who also exhibited as Mary Abbott

Tags
Women artists, Portraiture, Illustration, Fashion Design, Jewellery Design
Website
https://www.bathurstart.com.au/collection/search-collection/5209
exhibited at
Project 21: Women's Images of Women
Date
15 October 1977 - 13 November 1977
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition

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Other occupations
  • teacher (ANZSIC code: 81) -
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Tags
  • women's art
  • portraiture
  • illustration
  • fashion
  • Women's art 1930s
  • Women's art 1940s
  • Women's art 1950s
  • Womwn's art 1960s
  • Women's Art 1970s