Tom Roberts, March 8, 1856–September 14, 1931, was an English-born Australian painter. Born in Dorchester, Dorset, he emigrated to Melbourne with his family in 1869. He studied at the National Gallery School under Thomas Clark and at the Royal Academy Schools in London from 1881 to 1884.

Returning to Melbourne in 1885, Roberts painted landscapes, portraits, and scenes of rural work. He worked with Frederick McCubbin, Arthur Streeton, and Charles Conder in the group known as the Heidelberg School, and helped organize the 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition in 1889. He later painted the opening of Australia’s first Commonwealth Parliament.

Roberts spent much of 1903–1923 in England before settling permanently at Kallista, Victoria, where he continued painting landscapes until his final years. He died there in 1931. His works are held by the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and the Art Gallery of South Australia.

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