Frederick Cayley Robinson, A.R.A., R.W.S., R.B.A., R.O.I. (1862-1927)

'The cat plots against the children'

Details

Frederick Cayley Robinson, A.R.A., R.W.S., R.B.A., R.O.I. (1862-1927)
'The cat plots against the children'
signed and dated 'Cayley-Robinson-1911' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, on oatmeal paper
16 x 13 in. (40.7 x 33 cm.)

Provenance

with The Leicester Galleries, London.
Red Cross Sale; Christie's, London, 20 April 1918, lot 1821.
with The Fine Art Society, London, May 1995.

Literature

M. Maeterlinck, The Blue Bird, London, 1911, p. 32.

Lot Essay

The subject is taken from Maurice Maeterlinck's The Blue Bird, a play in six acts, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd. in 1911. The story concerns two children Tyltyl and Mytyl on their travels through various fairy infested kingdoms in the pursuit of happiness. Influenced by the paintings of Rossetti, Burne-Jones and Watts, Cayley Robinson often painted in tempera in a distinctive linear style.

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