Enchantress and Weeping Girl
About this artwork
Walton is often associated with the Symbolist movement owing to the clear influences of her friend and teacher, the Scottish Symbolist artist, John Duncan (1866-1945). While Walton visited Duncan’s studio to learn etching, the two discussed their thoughts on the French Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) . The enchantress was a central theme in Moreau’s work. His paintings often depicted one of two types of enchantress; the radiant enchantress and the fatal enchantress who were symbolically opposed to one another.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Cecile Walton (1891 - 1956) Scottish
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title:Enchantress and Weeping Girl
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date created:About 1908
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materials:Etching on paper
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measurements:14.80 x 10.20 cm (paper size: 17.40 x 11.40 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1993
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accession number:GMA 3729
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Cecile Walton
Cecile Walton
From an artistic family, Cecile Walton was the daughter of Glasgow Boys artist Edward Arthur Walton. She studied in London, Edinburgh, Paris and Florence and became a member of the Edinburgh Group, practising in the capital as a painter, sculptor and illustrator. Influenced by the Symbolist style...