Comments on: The Two Companions: A Foreword about Eric Robertson and Cecile Walton https://alicestrang.co.uk/the-two-companions-a-foreword-about-eric-robertson-and-cecile-walton/ Modern and Contemporary Art Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:39:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: alicecurator@gmail.com https://alicestrang.co.uk/the-two-companions-a-foreword-about-eric-robertson-and-cecile-walton/#comment-10765 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:39:48 +0000 https://alicestrang.co.uk/?p=1468#comment-10765 In reply to D P.

Thank you for your comment and especially for pointing out the centenary of the publication of ‘Atalanta in Caledonia’ – I often think of it, a little bit sadly, when I look at Walton’s painting ‘Romance’.

]]> By: D P https://alicestrang.co.uk/the-two-companions-a-foreword-about-eric-robertson-and-cecile-walton/#comment-10764 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:56:04 +0000 https://alicestrang.co.uk/?p=1468#comment-10764 Good news that John Kemplay’s book is being reissued. Hopefully this will encourage new research and discussion on the work of these two fascinating artists. Very timely in that 2026 marks the centenary of Cecile Walton’s essay “Atalanta in Caledonia” (published in the book “Atalanta’s Garland” to help raise funds for Edinburgh University Women’s Union.) It’s a real pity this essay is not currently easily accessible or well known. It’s astonishing what she covers in only about 15 pages – an overview of women artists in Scotland through the ages from Esther Inglis to her own contemporaries including Dorothy Johnstone and Katherine Cameron. There’s a moving tribute to Bessie MacNicol and some trenchant comments on the arts establishment and lack of support for the arts in Scotland at the time. It’s witty too – some passages could have been written by Muriel Spark. Hopefully the centenary can be marked in some way as the essay deserves greater recognition.

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