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1984 Invited by
Hungaryâs Minister of Culture to be a guest of honour at the Spring Festival in Budapest. Three life-size drawings of the ballet purchased for the permanent collection at the Royal Festival Hall. Solo exhibition at Quinton Green Fine Art, Cork Street, London. Exhibited at the Bath
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While she may be known for her portraits and could have built a grand clientele based on her work, Roboz had other interests and passions as well. Roboz regarded âherself as a painter who sometimes painted portraits, rather than a specialist in the genre.â These other interests included series on
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in 1938. Eventually, the liberal arts fell out of favour and Roboz's father, Imre, was deprived of his job which resulted in him handing it over to a friend, writer
Harsanyi Zsolt. It was soon necessary for Imre to go into hiding, shortly followed by Roboz and her mother being moved to a separate
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As an only child, Roboz was raised largely by governesses and saw relatively little of her parents, but enjoyed spending time with them whenever their busy lives would permit. The Sunday morning walks with her parents were a happy memory for Roboz as they were among the few times she could really
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1982 Portrait of Dame
Ninette de Valois enters the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. Portraits of Sir Frederick Ashton and Lord Olivier enter the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albertâs Theatre Museum, London.
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1985 Solo exhibition during the Spring
Festival at the Hungarian State Operaâs Erkel Theatre, Budapest. Painting of Antal DorĂ ti is presented by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for permanent display at the Royal Festival Hall.
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where he had been reported dead. However, different articles state different causes of Imreâs death, no one is certain of how he actually passed. Zsuzsi and her mother were hidden by a neighbour and eventually crossed the
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1963 Commissioned to paint
Barnwell Manor, the home of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, as a gift to the late Prince William of Gloucester, establishing a long-standing association with the family.
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1979 Commissioned by the
Theatre Museum of the Victoria & Albert Museum to do a theatre card of ballet movements. Solo exhibition of large drawings of the ballet at the Hamilton Gallery, London.
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1993 Solo exhibition at Art 93 at the
Business Design Centre in conjunction with the publication of her book, âBritish Art Nowâ, text by Edward Lucie-Smith and published by Art Books International.
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1981 Solo exhibition at the
Piccadilly Festival of Arts, London. Commissioned by H.R.H. Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, to draw her portrait on the occasion of her 80th birthday.
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Roboz died at the age of 82 on 9 July 2012 after a long and passionate career. She is remembered as being of âsparkling company,â incredible warmth, education and modesty.
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1980 Solo exhibition of paintings at lâHorizon
Gallery, Brussels. Publication of âBritish Ballet Todayâ. âMoments of Lifeâ exhibition at the Patrick Seale Gallery, London.
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in London. The scholarship is a registered charity that is dedicated to preserving and restoring Robozâs work and organizing public viewings across
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After her second independent show, she caught the attention of Jacques OâHana, an art dealer from Mayfair who took her on as a recurring artist.
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music and the ballet. Yet it was for her talent as a portrait painter that she commissioned to do a series of portraits for the 10th anniversary
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accommodation. They heard very little of Imre and was eventually declared dead, although his body was never found.
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at the age of seventeen. After arriving in London in 1947, she worked for an old friend of her fathers,
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