tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post5205111794310361436..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Intrepid Women: Scottish Artist Christina Robertson, Painter of Imperial RussiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-47864947239686046612013-08-31T00:42:58.754-04:002013-08-31T00:42:58.754-04:00Fascinating! I majored in art history - in Fife! ...Fascinating! I majored in art history - in Fife! - and had never heard of her. What a story!Jenny Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05368185136976982958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-82653286036855337862013-08-30T09:38:09.584-04:002013-08-30T09:38:09.584-04:00Is the last portrait by her? I went looking for m...Is the last portrait by her? I went looking for more info about it, and it is attributed to another artist in places. His other portraits are similar in style to this one.<br /><br />http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/franz-xaver-winterhalter/portrait-of-empress-maria-alexandrovna-1857<br />Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-86809417898804428172013-08-30T08:49:53.818-04:002013-08-30T08:49:53.818-04:00Somebody really ought to write a biography of her....Somebody really ought to write a biography of her. How about one of you...<br /><br />All I could find on the web was that her later years in Russia might have been difficult financially, since there was tension between the countries and some of her subjects were not paying her.<br /><br />I wonder if there are letters around.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-80530258530299152602013-08-29T12:22:03.878-04:002013-08-29T12:22:03.878-04:00This is SO interesting. I've read a lot about ...This is SO interesting. I've read a lot about the Scots in Russia - military men, physicians, architects, the painter William Allen etc but have never come across this lady. Wish I'd known about her when I lived in Leningrad & wandered through the Hermitage. Wonderful post, Thank you!Marie Macphersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10906943465845474431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-79021153710598823022013-08-28T21:47:31.907-04:002013-08-28T21:47:31.907-04:00Interesting too, that she exhibited with the Royal...Interesting too, that she exhibited with the Royal Academy, but was not a member. While two of the founding members were women, when those two died, it wasn't until the 20th Century that the Academy chose another female academician. Wonder if the Royal Academy's chauvinism figured in her desire to travel? Grace Burroweshttp://graceburrowes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-42321546478311034892013-08-28T10:24:00.174-04:002013-08-28T10:24:00.174-04:00Wonderful post! I saw a strikingly modern portrait...Wonderful post! I saw a strikingly modern portrait by Robertson a few years ago, but there seemed to be nothing online about her. Thank you for telling her story. And what a sad portrait of the unhappy Maria Alexandrovna. One of Robertson's best, I think.Chris Woodyardhttp://www.mrsdaffodildigresses.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-26394129817901315742013-08-28T10:03:03.840-04:002013-08-28T10:03:03.840-04:00Not to diminish her obvious talent, but my first t...Not to diminish her obvious talent, but my first thought when I saw the third portrait was "God it looks like a Vogue cover" - the lighting, I guess, and the drama. What a face on that last portrait! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-33778243750798155772013-08-28T03:37:29.790-04:002013-08-28T03:37:29.790-04:00It is interesting that her work was included in th...It is interesting that her work was included in the annual exhibitions of the Royal Academy, and her society portraits were being reproduced in popular magazines. So she had the approval of both professional and popular opinion. Yet.. yet... we largely do not recognise Christina Robertson's name.<br /><br />Perhaps if the largest collection of her work remains in the Hermitage Museum, there aren't enough other pieces of her work in places we might easily see it.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-57120203767450570062013-08-28T03:06:18.702-04:002013-08-28T03:06:18.702-04:00It's interesting to see that the second pictur...It's interesting to see that the second picture is a copy? of her work. I was wondering, the third pic is splendid but the second pic has those weird hands. I suspect the copiest(sp?) is responsible for the hands.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.com