Annunciation (1900) Phoebe Traquair
Triptych: Motherhood (1902)
Despite being best know for her role in the Arts and Crafts movement in Scotland, Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852-1936) was born in County Dublin. She studied art at the School of Design of the Royal Dublin Society, and married paleontologist Ramsey Traquair, moving to Edinburgh to settle. Her work, often spiritual, varies from tapestry to murals, book illustrations and metalwork, all jewel-like and beautiful.
Phoebe Traquair's illustration of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portugese
She produced hundreds of pieces of art in her life, including wonderful church murals (including one I visited here) and her volume of work shows the breadth of her talent and flexibility of her vision. I like the tension in her Mary and the Angel which is less about meekly accepting the will of God and more having events unexpectedly thrust upon you, no matter how beautiful it is all meant to be.See you tomorrow...