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Jan 12, 2011 19:08
Edward Arthur Walton (1860 - 1922)
Artist with his fiancee Helen Law, (1859 - 1945)
(Hokusai and the Butterfly)-1889,o/c
This painting shows Scottish artist Edward Arthur Walton and his fiancée Helen Law dressed up for the Grand Costume Ball, organised by the Glasgow Art Club on 29 November 1889. Walton is dressed as the Japanese printmaker Hokusai, while his fiancée’s costume represents the painter Whistler’s signature in the shape of a butterfly.
National Galleries of Scotland
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