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Name
Mary Margaret Abbott Roberts
Also known as:
  • Mary Abbott
  • Mary M Roberts
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Designer (Jewellery Designer)
Other Occupation
  • pupil teacher (ANZSIC code: 81) 1935 Sydney Commercial Art School, Sydney, NSW
  • Member of (ANZSIC code: 01) 1941 - c.1943 Australian Women's Land Army
  • Assistant teacher (ANZSIC code: 81) 1943 - 1947 Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, NSW
Tags:
women's art
portraiture
illustration
fashion
Archibald Prize
Australian Women's Land Army
Birth date
c.8 November 1916
Birth place
Quirindi, NSW, Australia
Death date
c.2 February 1996
Active Period
  • 1934 - 1996
Residence
  • 1916 - c.1932 Quirindi, NSW
  • 1932 - 1936 Sydney, NSW
  • 1936 - 1938 London, England, UK (Also travelled to Amsterdam and Paris)
  • 1938 - 1959 Sydney, NSW
  • 1959 - c.1996 Bathurst, NSW
Training
  • Commercial art, 1932 - 1935 Sydney Commercial Art School, Sydney, NSW
  • Art, 1936 - c.1936 Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, NSW
  • Commercial art, life drawing, watercolour, 1937 - 1938 Chiswick Polytechnical College, London,, UK
  • Art (mainly part-time), 1938 - 1943 Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, NSW

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  • Adams, Jude (associate of)
  • Barber, Jennifer (associate of)
  • Ashton, Julian (student of)
  • Gibbons, Henry (student of)
  • Batty, Shirley (commissioned by)
  • Wilson, Eric (associate of)
  • Russell, Maude (student of)
  • Roberts, Grantley Darcy (spouse of)
  • Roberts, Christine Margaret (parent of)
  • Walker, Wendy (associate of)
  • Adams, Jude (associate of)
  • Barber, Jennifer (associate of)
  • Ashton, Julian (student of)
  • Gibbons, Henry (student of)
  • Batty, Shirley (commissioned by)
  • Wilson, Eric (associate of)
  • Russell, Maude (student of)
  • Roberts, Grantley Darcy (spouse of)
  • Roberts, Christine Margaret (parent of)