11 Facts About Priscilla Roberts

Priscilla Roberts was an American artist known for her still life paintings.

Priscilla Roberts employed a precise style in which fanciful objects were juxtaposed in a manner that was seen to approach surrealism and that was often called magic realist.

Priscilla Roberts discovered that the pressure of working to deadlines did not suit her and consequently turned to fine art.

In 1946 Priscilla Roberts signed with an artists' cooperative, the Grand Central Art Galleries, then located on the sixth floor of Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.

Priscilla Roberts's paintings were usually purchased as soon as she completed them.

Priscilla Roberts became a familiar presence in Wilton Center and there acquired both supporters and friends, people whose help became an important factor in her life when the cottage where she lived was sold to developers and, because of her many pets, it was difficult for her to find a new place to live.

Priscilla Roberts was given her first solo exhibition at Grand Central Galleries in 1961 and a second twenty years later.

Late in life, Priscilla Roberts left Wilton for nearby Georgetown, Connecticut.

Priscilla Roberts died in Georgetown on August 5,2001, and was buried in a family plot at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.

Priscilla Roberts was invited to exhibit at the 131st annual exhibition held by the National Academy of Design and the following year was made an Academy member.

Priscilla Roberts's paintings are held in collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, The Butler Institute of American Art, the Canton Museum of Art, the Walker Art Center, IBM Corp.