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Cecile
Cecile

Cecile

Artist (Dumfries, Scotland, 1887 - 1941)
Sitter (Glasgow, Scotland, 1891 - 1956)
Date1922
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 106.1 cm, Width: 91.6 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1994 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Gallery 14
Object numberABDAG010825
About MeWith her sultry, vampish air, Cecile is a modern, avant-garde woman. Yet her portrayal in profile with a daringly bared back may also reflect the influence of Ancient Egyptian art and fashion, made popular by the discoveries of Pharaohs’ Tombs during the 1920s.

Cecile Walton was herself a talented painter, the daughter of ‘Glasgow Boy’ E.A. Walton and wife of the artist Eric Robertson. She was a close friend of Dorothy Johnstone and Anne Finlay and worked alongside them in Kirkcudbright. Later she moved to Edinburgh and is now associated with the ‘Edinburgh Group’ of artists.


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Cecile's profile portrait might have been inspired by Ancient Egyptian culture which was made popular by the discoveries of Pharaohs' tombs in the 1920s.
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