International studio (21.1903/1904(1904))

PAINTED FAN

BY MRS. ^lURRAY ROBERTSON


with sound discrimination; they were the best
States of the various plates, and in their admirable
condition they bore convincing testimony to the
exceptionai powers of Cousins as an interpreter of
the paintings of some of our most famous artists.

The exquisite art of painting fans is so capti-
vatingiy dainty,and essentiahyfeminine, that it seems
stränge so few women succeed in this particular
branch of the hne arts. Mere briiiiance of tech-
nique and cleverness of execution count for naught
here, uniess they be accom-
panied by extreme rehne-
ment of conception and
poetic ideaiity. In the
work of Mrs. N. Murray
Robertson, now being
shown at Mr. John Baillie's
Art Gallery, one sees re-
hected the graceful charm
and deiicate tracery of Mr.
Conder, of whom Mrs.
Robertson was a pupii.

Her work is so rehned,
and possesses a poetic
quaiity so deiightfui and
individual, that one over-
looks the sometimes faulty
drawing. She has a dis-
tinct sense for colour
and a fine appreciation
for the biending of de-
iicate harmonies, always

subdued, but holding a wealth of exquisite tones
that breathe of an ideal world in an ideal age,
where the hard things of life and the severe notes
of commonplace existence never sound; and so
also in her composition and choice of subjects
the artist shows an imagination at once ideal and
altogether beautiful. Her work is full of poetry
and deiicate Sentiment.

We give an illustration on this page of a
casket designed by G. Halliday and executed by

DESIGNED BY G. HAI.I.IDAY. EXECUTED
BY MESSRS. EI.KINGTON & CO. WITH
PANEL IN ENAMELS BY AI.EX. FISHER

GOLD CASKET I'RESENTED BY THE
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON
TO H.M. THE KING OF ITAI.Y

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