The Art of Olivia Robertson

Olivia and Lawrence's father, Manning Robertson, was a well respected architect. He worked on several projects with the Corporation of Dublin as a member of the Town and Regional Planning Committee in the 1920's and 1930's. One of his finished works is pictured to the left, a housing scheme built at Blackrock by the Borough Corporation of Dún Laoghaire.

The Robertson family spent several years in Dublin. Olivia's experiences in this city as a child, then as a student and later as an adult, when she worked for the Corporation of Dublin City Playgrounds, form the basis for several of her novels.

A Gallery of illustrations from the novels of Olivia Robertson.

To view the illustrations please click on the titles listed below:

St. Malachy's Court

Field of the Stranger

The Golden Eye

Miranda Speaks

Dublin Phoenix

Review from The Spectator for "St. Malachy's Court" (1946)

(Note: "It's An Old Irish Custom," the sixth novel written by Olivia Robertson, does not contain illustrations by her.)

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