Scottish Portraits as Biography : Pioneer Scottish Women Artists

Episode 3 Scottish Portraits as Biography : Pioneer Scottish Women Artists
James Knox, director of the Fleming Collection, explores the careers of two pioneering Scottish women artists. The first is Phoebe Anna Traquair, who in the 1880s and 1890s, became one of the leaders of the Celtic Revival in Scotland, as well as one of Edinburgh’s most prominent artists, spanning mural painting, design and applied arts. The second is Dorothy Johnstone, who at 22 was teaching at Edinburgh Art School and by the end of WW1 emerged as one of Scotland’s most dynamic artists. But whereas Traquair met with life-long success, Johnstone’s career petered out in the 1920s. Discover what went wrong.