Eric Robertson, 1887 - 1941. Artist. With Mary Newbery, 1890 - 1985
About this artwork
Mary Newbery was the daughter of Francis and Jessie Newbery, who both attended Glasgow School of Art. She studied painting and design in Glasgow and Paris and, like her mother, specialised in embroidery and paintings of flowers in watercolour. Newbery was a close friend of Cecile Walton – meeting her husband, the painter Alick Riddell Sturrock, through Walton’s own husband, Eric Robertson. Posing as Newbery's ‘companion’, Robertson is depicted here in a manner which emphasises his androgynous beauty. The painting remained in Cecile Walton’s family, from whom it was acquired.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Cecile Walton (1891 - 1956) Scottish
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title:Eric Robertson, 1887 - 1941. Artist. With Mary Newbery, 1890 - 1985
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date created:1912
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:94.00 x 186.10 cm; Framed: 126.20 x 218.30 x 4.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 2014
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accession number:PG 3726
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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...