Lot 66: ELEANOR ALLEN MOORE ( ROBERTSON) (1885 -1995)

ELEANOR ALLEN MOORE ( ROBERTSON) (1885 -1995) Street Scene, Peking watercolour, signed 35cm x 25cm Provenance: Ewan Mundy Fine Art Limited Note : Attended the GSA. She first exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute in 1909. Working as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse took her to Craigleith Hospital, Edinburgh with little time for painting. On return to Loudoun (Ayrshire) she painted The Silk Dress which was exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute in 1919 and illustrated in the catalogue. She married Dr Robert Cecil Robertson of Kilmarnock in 1922 and the following year their daughter Ailsa was born. In 1925 the family moved to Shanghai where Dr Robertson took up a position in Public Health. The countryside and particularly the Chinese people provided a rich resource for her artistic talent and she produced many fascinating vivid images of life there. In 1937 the British were evacuated to Hong Kong where her husband died in 1942. She no longer painted after returning to Britain and died in Edinburgh. Her work is included in "The Glasgow Girls" exhibition at Kirkcudbright until 30th August 2010. Private Scottish Collection. Copy of the purchase receipt accompanies this lot.