Alice Tyson (Butcher) Roberts (1876-1955)
Mrs. G. Brinton Roberts
Untitled: Autumn Splendor (1917)
pastel on paper
(actual) 9” high x 10” wide
Description: A fine American pastel painting by prominent Pennsylvania artist and art patron Alice Tyson (Butcher) Roberts (1876-1955), PAFA, OAA, NAWA, PCP, GCP, dated 1918.
Notes: In 1952 the Academy conferred honors at the years Exhibition to both Roberts, who won the Mary Smith Price for her sensitively handled Ipswich Semi Dance (the award restricted to women artists, of which she won twice in her career, the first time only 6 years after taking up painting!), and Andrew Wyeth, who won the Lippincott Price for realism. This, amongst numerous other distinctions (artistically and institutionally), clearly places Roberts within an established circle of American Fine Art. A painter and collector she donated numerous important artworks and historic textiles to Museums across the United States (under her married name Mrs. G. Briton Roberts), including The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum, NY.
Markings: signed and dated lower left, “A. T. Roberts / 17”; partial Eaton’s Gallery label on frame verso
Dimensions (actual): 9” high x 10” wide
Condition: Excellent Condition – Framed, glazed and ready for display.
Artist/Maker Biography: ROBERTS, Alice Turner / Tyson (Mrs. George Brinton) Painter b. 1876, Philadelphia d. 1955. ADDRESSES: 1921 Manning St, Philadelphia, PA. STUDIED: PAFA with Henry McCarter, a personal friend PERSONAL: Married G. Brinton Roberts and had four sons, George Brooke (Architect and member of PAFA board of directors); Laurence P. (PAFA head in Rome); Henry B. (Scribners, New York). Eldest sister was Laura P. Baker who studied at PAFA and with Whistler. MEMBER: Phila. Plastic C1; NY See. Woman Artists: NAWA (as Alice T. Roberts, as of 1938), Pennsylvania Association of Fine Art (PAFA); Print Club of Philadelphia; Ogunquit Art Association, Main (OAA); Garden Club of America: Philadelphia Branch (GCP) EXHIBITED: PAFA Ann., (1933-53) (as Alice T. Roberts, prizes in 1936 & 1952); S. indp. A. (1937-1940); Concoran Gal. biennial (1939); Phila. Plastic Cl. (medal); Woodmere Art Gallery; The Sketch Club; Friends’ Central School; Hobson Pitman Gal., Toledo, 47th Annual Exhibition of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, New York (1937); PAFA Retrospective (1952) Awards: Mary Smith Prize (1936); Mary Smith Prize (1952) COLLECTIONS: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1938)
Literature: Who’s Who in American Art: 1564-1975
