Mary M. 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)
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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Name
Mary M. 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)
Other Occupation
  • teacher (ANZSIC code: 81) -
Tags:
women's art
portraiture
illustration
fashion
Birth date
c.8 November 1916
Birth place
Quirindi, NSW, Australia
Death date
c.2 February 1996
Active Period
  • 1934 - 1996
Residence
  • 1958 - c.1996 Bathurst, NSW
Training
  • Commercial art, - Sydney Commercial Art School, Sydney, NSW
  • Art, 1938 - c.1943 Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, NSW

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  • Wilson, Eric (associate of)
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  • Barber, Jennifer (associate of)
  • Ashton, Julian (student of)
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  • Batty, Shirley (commissioned by)
  • Wilson, Eric (associate of)