Phyllis Roberts

Phyllis Kathleen Roberts née Aspden was a British sculptor and painter, notably of portraits
Roberts was born in London and studied at the Hornsey [School of Art]. Throughout her career she exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, at several notable commercial galleries in Britain and in France at the Paris Salon. At the Salon, she won a silver medal in 1959 and a gold medal in 1964. She was an elected member of the Royal [Institute of Oil Painters] and also showed works with the Contemporary Portrait Society and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. For a time she lived at Aldwick in Sussex.
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters award an annual Phyllis Roberts Award in memory of the artist. It is given to a promising artist under 30.