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Portrait painter, Genre Painter, Landscape painter, Painter, b. 1856 - d. 1941
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soldJul. 04, 2023SIR JOHN LAVERY, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A. (IRISH, 1856-1941)
Est: £6,000 - £8,000SIR JOHN LAVERY, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A. (IRISH, 1856-1941) SIR JOHN LAVERY, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A. (IRISH, 1856-1941) The Moorish Dancer oil on panel 29.5 x 20.2 cm. (11 1/2 x 8 in.) Provenance Sale; Regents of Finchley, London, 15 March 1992, lot 252, where purchased by the present owner Exhibited Bangor, Ava Gallery, Modern Masters, 16 March-8 April 2005 Literature Kenneth McConkey, John Lavery, Canongate Press, Edinburgh, 1993, p.86 We are grateful to Professor Kenneth McConkey for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. Lavery first travelled to North Africa in 1891 and was immediately captivated by it, above all by the city of Tangier and its inhabitants. Professor Kenneth McConkey relates this panel to a series of studies Lavery made towards the large composition 'A Moorish Dance', which he intended as his Royal Academy exhibition piece of 1893. This particular study concentrates on the dancer and simplifies the musicians into a single shape. âTo observe âA Moorish Danceâ, Lavery placed himself in the casbah and carefully recorded the players of viols, tambourines and drumsâ¦the immediacy of Lavery's swaying Arab girlâ¦the éclat in the slashing greens and reds of the Arab dress" (Kenneth McConkey, John Lavery', Canongate Press, Edinburgh)
Chiswick Auctions
soldJun. 16, 2023Sir John Lavery (Belfast 1856-Kilmoganny 1941) - Seated woman reading a book, 1886
Est: €28,000 - €9,999,999oil painting on canvas Signed lower left J.Lavery and dated. On the back written by Dr. Michele Biancale who certifies the work
ArtLaRosa
soldMay. 10, 2023An Indian Lady (Madame Meta?)
Est: €15,000 - €20,000Sir John Lavery, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A. 1856 - 1941 An Indian Lady (Madame Meta?) signed J Lavery (lower left) oil on canvas unframed: 61 by 51cm.; 24 by 20in. framed: 74 by 63cm.; 29 by 24¾in. Executed circa 1930s. __________________________________________________________________________ Sir John Lavery, R.A. 1856 - 1941 An Indian Lady (Madame Meta?) signé J Lavery (en bas à gauche) huile sur toile sans cadre: 61 by 51cm.; 24 by 20in. avec cadre: 74 by 63cm.; 29 by 24¾in. Executé au début des années 1930.
Sotheby's
soldMay. 10, 2023The Three Moors
Est: €30,000 - €50,000Sir John Lavery, R.A., R.H.A., R.S.A. 1856 - 1941 The Three Moors signed J Lavery (lower right) oil on canvasboard unframed: 25.5 by 35cm.; 10 by 13¾in. framed: 50.5 by 60cm.; 19¾ by 23½in. Executed circa 1907. __________________________________________________________________________ Sir John Lavery, R.A.,R.H.A., R.S.A. 1856 - 1941 The Three Moors signé J Lavery (en bas à droit) huile sur panneau toile sans cadre: 25.5 by 35cm.; 10 by 13¾in. avec cadre: 50.5 by 60cm.; 19¾ by 23½in. Exécuté vers 1907.
Sotheby's
soldMay. 10, 2023John Lavery and his work suite of plates, with the original titled and numb
Est: €100 - €150John Lavery and his work suite of plates, with the original titled and numbered folding envelope, numbered 79 which is the same limitation number as the book (lot 48). The envelope is a bit torn on the folds/rubbed etc. Handmade paper. 20 stunning full-page Photogravure plates, hand printed in black and sepia.
Purcell Auctioneers
soldMar. 06, 2023Attributed to Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) WOMAN SITTING IN AN INTERIOR
Est: €5,000 - €7,000Attributed to Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) WOMAN SITTING IN AN INTERIOR oil on panel bearing signature lower right h:14 w:9.50 in. Provenance: Gorry Gallery, Dublin; Private collection
Whyte's
soldMar. 04, 2023LAVERY, JOHN ZUGESCHRIEBEN. KÜSTENLANDSCHAFT.
Est: -LAVERY, John zugeschrieben Küstenlandschaft Öl/Leinwand. Rechts unten undeutlich signiert. 27 x 46 cm. Pastos gemalte, steile Küstenlandschaft unter bedecktem Himmel Altersspuren. Wenn J. Lavery, dann: Irischer Maler (1856 Belfast - 1941 Kilkenny), Schüler der Akademie Glasgow und der Heatherley School of Art London, studierte in Paris unter Robert-Fleury und Bouguereau an der Académie Julian. Tätig auch in Tanger/Marokko. 1913 Ritterwürde. Literatur : Thieme/Becker. LAVERY, attributed to John Coastal Landscape Oil / canvas. Signed indistinctly lower right. 27 x 46 cm. Pastos painted steep coastal landscape under overcast sky Traces of age. If J. Lavery, then: Irish painter (1856 Belfast - 1941 Kilkenny), student of the Glasgow Academy and the Heatherley School of Art London, studied in Paris under Robert-Fleury and Bouguereau at the Académie Julian. Also active in Tangier, Morocco. 1913 knighthood. Literature : Thieme/Becker. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.
Auktionshaus Wendl
soldFeb. 24, 2023Sir John Lavery (Belfast 1856-Kilmoganny 1941) - Portrait of a woman reading, 1886
Est: -Signed and dated on the lower left . The painting in question has been certified by Dr. Michele Biancale (Sora 1878, Rome 1931), one of the most important and influential art critics and scholars of the last century as testyfied by the authentication on the back. Sir John Lavery, born in Belfast in 1856, was one of the influential portrait painters of the last century, highly sought after in the art market to this day, with his portraits of Edwardian society, including commissions from Edward Carson, Winston Churchill (his neighbour) and portraits of the British Royal Family. He was so influential that his wife Hazel's portrait was used as an image on Irish banknotes. In Italy as well he had great success, he participated in important international exhibitions especially after his important personal exhibition at the Venice Biennale in 1910, and many Italian artists were influenced by his style.
ArtLaRosa
soldJan. 20, 2023Sir John Lavery oil on board
Est: $60,000 - $90,000Sir John Lavery (British 1856-1941), oil on board titled The Beach Deauville - Morning, signed lower left, titled verso and dated 1926, 19 7/8" x 23 3/4". Provenance: Normandy Farms, Pennsylvania, Strassburger Estate. NO in-house shipping for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
soldDec. 14, 2022Portrait of Helen Dorothea McCulloch Jowitt
Est: £8,000 - £12,000Property from a British Private Collection Sir John Lavery, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A. British 1856 - 1941 Portrait of Helen Dorothea McCulloch Jowitt signed J Lavery lower left and signed, inscribed and dated MRS. FREK. MCC. JOWITT. / BY / JOHN LAVERY / 5 CROMWELL PL / LONDON. / 1913 on the reverse oil on canvas Unframed: 76.3 by 63.5cm., 30 by 25in. Framed: 99.5 by 86.5cm., 39¼ and 34in. Bid on Sotheby's
Sotheby's
soldDec. 08, 2022SIR JOHN LAVERY R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A., P.R.P., H.R.O.I., L.L.B. (IRISH 1856-1941) MRS LEO D'ERLANGER
Est: £1,500 - £2,000SIR JOHN LAVERY R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A., P.R.P., H.R.O.I., L.L.B. (IRISH 1856-1941) MRS LEO D'ERLANGER Signed and stamped, inscribed verso, oil on board (49cm x 25cm (19.25in x 9.75in)) Provenance: Christie’s, London, 19th and 20th Century Paintings and Drawings, 30 October 1964, lot 191 Exhibited: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, Their Majesties’ Court, Buckingham Palace, 1931, Portrait Studies and Other Sketches by Sir John Lavery RA, November 1932 Mrs Leo d’Erlanger (née Edwina Prue, 1907-1994) was a New Yorker, and junior editor of Vanity Fair when she married Baron Leo Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger, son of the painter and musicologist, Baron Rodolphe François d’Erlanger. In the twenties he joined the family bank run by his uncle, Emile. Both Rodolphe and Emile were friends of the Laverys, the painter having supported their protest against internment as enemy aliens during the Great War. Lavery painted a second sketch of Mrs d’Erlanger at the Court (Sold Bonhams 14 November 2012) and her portrait was also painted by Laszlo in 1937. We are grateful to Professor Kenneth McConkey for the cataloguing of these artworks.
Lyon & Turnbull
soldDec. 08, 2022SIR JOHN LAVERY R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A., P.R.P., H.R.O.I., L.L.B. (IRISH 1856-1941) MISS ANNABEL MANN
Est: £1,500 - £2,000SIR JOHN LAVERY R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A., P.R.P., H.R.O.I., L.L.B. (IRISH 1856-1941) MISS ANNABEL MANN Signed and stamped, inscribed and dated 1931 verso, oil on canvas board (49cm x 17.75cm (19.25in x 7in)) Provenance: Christie’s, London, 19th and 20th Century Paintings and Drawings, 30 October 1964, lot 192 (as 'Miss Anabel Mann') Exhibited: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, Their Majesties’ Court, Buckingham Palace, 1931, Portrait Studies and Other Sketches by Sir John Lavery RA, November 1932 One of the three daughters of the Scots portrait-painter, Harrington Mann, and his wife, Florence Sabine-Pasley, the interior designer, known as ‘Dolly Mann’. Annabel as a baby was painted by her father c.1910 (City Art Centre, Edinburgh), while Annabel and her Toys (Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth), shows her as an infant in 1912. Other portraits followed, and by the late 1920s Annabel Mann was being photographed in the press as an attendee at fancy dress balls, along with other ‘bright young things’. We are grateful to Professor Kenneth McConkey for the cataloguing of these artworks.
Lyon & Turnbull
soldDec. 08, 2022SIR JOHN LAVERY R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A., P.R.P., H.R.O.I., L.L.B. (IRISH 1856-1941) MISS ALICE TRUDEAU
Est: £1,500 - £2,000SIR JOHN LAVERY R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A., P.R.P., H.R.O.I., L.L.B. (IRISH 1856-1941) MISS ALICE TRUDEAU Signed and stamped, inscribed and dated 1931 verso, oil on canvas board (49cm x 14.75cm (19.25in x 5.75in)) Provenance: Christie’s, London, 19th and 20th Century Paintings and Drawings, 30 October 1964, lot 194 (as 'Miss Alice Tindeau') Exhibited: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, Their Majesties’ Court, Buckingham Palace, 1931, Portrait Studies and Other Sketches by Sir John Lavery RA, November 1932 Alice Trudeau (1904-1991) was the daughter of Edward Livingston Trudeau and Hazel Martyn. Her father died before her birth and when her mother married Lavery in July 1909, she became his stepdaughter. Thereafter she featured prominently in Lavery’s paintings as a keen golfer, tennis player and horsewoman. She married John A McEnery (Jack), of Kilkenny, an Irish farmer and horse breeder, in March 1930 in Cannes, against her mother’s wishes. Witnesses to the marriage were Lord and Lady Derby, Sir Stuart and Lady Coats and Sir Alan and Lady Johnstone. Lavery died at her home, Rossenarra House, in January 1941. She remarried in 1963 to Denis Rolleston Gwynn, (1893-1971), the journalist and historian and her later years were spent at Beauparc in Co Meath. We are grateful to Professor Kenneth McConkey for the cataloguing of these artworks.
Lyon & Turnbull
soldDec. 08, 2022SIR JOHN LAVERY R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A., P.R.P., H.R.O.I., L.L.B. (IRISH 1856-1941) LADY PONSONBY
Est: £1,500 - £2,000SIR JOHN LAVERY R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A., P.R.P., H.R.O.I., L.L.B. (IRISH 1856-1941) LADY PONSONBY Signed and stamped, inscribed and dated 1931 verso, oil on canvas board (49cm x 29.5cm (19.25in x 11.5in)) Provenance: Christie’s, London, 19th and 20th Century Paintings and Drawings, 30 October 1964, lot 195 Exhibited: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, Their Majesties’ Court, Buckingham Palace, 1931, Portrait Studies and Other Sketches by Sir John Lavery RA, November 1932 Lady Ponsonby (née Dorothea Parry, 1876-1963) married Arthur Ponsonby, Queen Victoria’s secretary, in 1898. Objectors to Britain’s involvement in the Great War, Dorothy Ponsonby and her husband were active in the Union of Democratic Control. During the 1920s their daughter, Elizabeth, was prominent among the ‘Bright Young Things’. After a successful diplomatic career under the Labour Government of Ramsay MacDonald, Ponsonby was raised to the peerage in 1930, hence his wife and daughter’s presence in Their Majesties’ Court. We are grateful to Professor Kenneth McConkey for the cataloguing of these artworks.
Lyon & Turnbull
soldDec. 08, 2022SIR JOHN LAVERY R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A., P.R.P., H.R.O.I., L.L.B. (IRISH 1856-1941) LADY VERONICA HORNBY
Est: £1,500 - £2,000SIR JOHN LAVERY R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A., P.R.P., H.R.O.I., L.L.B. (IRISH 1856-1941) LADY VERONICA HORNBY Signed and stamped, inscribed and dated 1931 verso, oil on canvas board (49cm x 19.5cm (19.25in x 7.75in)) Provenance: Christie’s, London, 19th and 20th Century Paintings and Drawings, 30 October 1964, lot 197 Exhibited: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, Their Majesties’ Court, Buckingham Palace, 1931, Portrait Studies and Other Sketches by Sir John Lavery RA, November 1932 Lady Veronica Brenda Hornby (née Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1910-1971) was the daughter of the third Marquess of Dufferin and Ava. A formidable character, in the twenties she practiced her Charleston on the young John Betjeman when he stayed in Clandeboye, the Dufferin’s country home in County Down. Her niece, Caroline, the wife of Lucian Freud, based the character of ‘Aunt Lavinia’ on her in her autobiographical novel, Great Granny Webster (1977). She married Sir Roger Anthony Hornby, a stockbroker, in December 1931 – a wedding marked by the Laverys with a gift of cream-white china that apparently ‘inspired the bride to decide that her bedroom is to be a symphonie de blanc majeur’ (The Sketch, 16 December 1931, p. 461). This was to be the first of Lady Veronica’s four marriages and it ended in divorce in 1940. We are grateful to Professor Kenneth McConkey for the cataloguing of these artworks.
Lyon & Turnbull
soldDec. 08, 2022SIR JOHN LAVERY R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A., P.R.P., H.R.O.I., L.L.B. (IRISH 1856-1941) LADY VERONICA HORNBY
Est: £1,500 - £2,000SIR JOHN LAVERY R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A., P.R.P., H.R.O.I., L.L.B. (IRISH 1856-1941) LADY VERONICA HORNBY Signed and stamped, inscribed and dated 1931 verso, oil on canvas board (49cm x 34.5cm (19.25in x 13.5in)) Provenance: Christie’s, London, 19th and 20th Century Paintings and Drawings, 30 October 1964, lot 200 Exhibited: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, Their Majesties’ Court, Buckingham Palace, 1931, Portrait Studies and Other Sketches by Sir John Lavery RA, November 1932, ill. (unpaginated) Lady Veronica Brenda Hornby (née Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1910-1971) was the daughter of the third Marquess of Dufferin and Ava. A formidable character, in the twenties she practiced her Charleston on the young John Betjeman when he stayed in Clandeboye, the Dufferin’s country home in County Down. Her niece, Caroline, the wife of Lucian Freud, based the character of ‘Aunt Lavinia’ on her in her autobiographical novel, Great Granny Webster (1977). She married Sir Roger Anthony Hornby, a stockbroker, in December 1931 – a wedding marked by the Laverys with a gift of cream-white china that apparently ‘inspired the bride to decide that her bedroom is to be a symphonie de blanc majeur’ (The Sketch, 16 December 1931, p. 461). This was to be the first of Lady Veronica’s four marriages and it ended in divorce in 1940. We are grateful to Professor Kenneth McConkey for the cataloguing of these artworks.
Lyon & Turnbull
soldDec. 07, 2022After Sir John Lavery, RA, RSA, RHA (1856-1941) "A Study of Michael Collins," stamped artist
Est: €1,500 - €2,000After Sir John Lavery, RA, RSA, RHA (1856-1941) "A Study of Michael Collins," stamped artist proof, Signed by the artist and the sitter Collins, published by Wilson Hartnell & Co., Dublin, c. 1922, some foxing in attractive later gilt frame. (1)
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
soldNov. 28, 2022John Lavery Print on Canvas Boating on the Thames
Est: $300 - $500Framed print on canvas by John Lavery titled Boating on the Thames. It measures approx 40" x 30" (48" x 38" framed). Shows minor frame wear. We believe this to be a work of John Lavery, but it is unsigned. Have a similar item to sell? Contact us at [email protected] Please review all photos closely. The non-appearance of a condition report does not mean that the lot is in perfect condition, does not show wear due to age and use, or is free from damage. Market Auctions Inc. strongly suggests that you request a condition report before placing a bid. You may request one from us via this auction platform. Please note that any condition reports are given as strictly as a courtesy to interested parties and should not be considered a statement of fact. Market Auctions Inc. bears no responsibility for any error or omission. All sales are final and sold as is. Measurements are approximated. Please note shipping is not included. All collectibles, silver, antiques, and paintings please contact our third party shipper listed below: Juniors Auction Services 561-510-0345 / juniorsauc[email protected] UPS Store (561) 631-8997 / [email protected] DM Postal (561) 469-6137 / [email protected] For furniture and very large items, please contact an appropriate freight / transport company for shipment. SALES TAX NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Market Auction, Inc., only collects and remits sales tax on items purchased by Florida residents. ALL OUT OF STATE purchasers are required to pay sales tax to their respective States. Purchasers holding valid resale certificates must provide proof of same prior to purchase. Market Auctions, Inc. takes no responsibility for purchaser failure to remit sales tax to the proper non-Florida taxing authority and for any fines or penalties that may result.
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soldNov. 28, 2022Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) A LADY IN BROWN (THOUGHT TO BE MISS MARGARET EDITH BANNATYNE), 1905
Est: €10,000 - €15,000Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) A LADY IN BROWN (THOUGHT TO BE MISS MARGARET EDITH BANNATYNE), 1905 oil on canvas signed and dated lower right h:29.50 w:23.50 in. Provenance: Mark Bannatyne Esq; to Margaret Edith Bannatyne, later Mrs Margaret Edith Bannatyne Cobb; Thence by descent; Bonhams, 3 April 1997, lot 25; Private collection; Adam's, 28 May 1997, lot 89A; Private collection Although many Lavery portraits are easily identifiable, there are occasions when recorded commissions cannot be matched to extant works. We can nevertheless be fairly certain that A Lady in Brown represents Margaret Edith Bannatyne, the daughter of Mark Bannatyne, a wealthy senior partner in Bannatyne, Kirkwood and Co, one of the oldest and most respected firms of Glasgow solicitors. (1) Bannatyne was known in artistic circles during the Edwardian period as the administrator of the Haldane Academy scholarships awarded to students at Glasgow School of Art. He would have been well aware of Lavery's pre-eminence among artists of the Glasgow School since he had painted the impressive Modern Glasgow mural of 1899-1901, in the City Chambers (Glasgow's City Hall). In 1904 he commissioned Lavery to paint Edith's elder sister, Kathleen, (Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow) and we can only assume that so satisfactory was the result, the second commission was booked. (2) Lavery was of course renowned for his 'ladies in brown', one of which was awarded the gold medal at the first Carnegie Institute International Exhibition in 1896. Many others followed - including those of his wife, Hazel - almost to the point that although they became a sort of signature, they offered, within a restricted range of Old Master tones, the opportunity, as here, to explore character and personality in depth. Prof Kenneth McConkey 1. Bannatyne, Kirkwood and Co, now Bannatyne, Kirkwood, France and Co, was founded in 1785. The Bannatyne descendants are no longer directly connected to the firm. I am grateful to Robert Taylor, senior partner at BKF & Co, for checking their records on my behalf. We have however established that the last Bannatyne descendant died the year before the present portrait was consigned to Bonhams in 1997. Sadly, Bonhams records, due to the fact that it was merged with Phillips around this time, no longer exist. 2. This is confirmed by a note in the artist's picture register, where it is referred to as Miss Bannatyne (in Brown). For this reason, the present title, A Lady in Brown, has been proposed. I am grateful to the present owners for their diligent research into Margaret Edith Bannatyne Cobb's family records. Although Bonhams is unable to confirm the identity of the consigner in 1997, the picture appears, nevertheless, to have come from a deceased estate directly connected to the Bannatyne succession.
Whyte's
soldNov. 23, 2022Sir John Lavery R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A. (Irish, 1856-1941) Portrait Studies for 'HRH The Prince of Wales receiving from the Lord Mayor, Letters Patent under the Mayoralty Seal granting Livery to the Honourable Company of Master Mariners'
Est: £2,000 - £3,000Sir John Lavery R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A. (Irish, 1856-1941) Portrait Studies for 'HRH The Prince of Wales receiving from the Lord Mayor, Letters Patent under the Mayoralty Seal granting Livery to the Honourable Company of Master Mariners' signed 'J. Lavery' (lower right), variously inscribed 'MRS PHILLIP./LADY BROADBRIDGE./ALD. SIR WILLIAM BURTON.' oil on canvasboard 50.5 x 60cm (19 7/8 x 23 5/8in).
Bonhams
soldNov. 20, 2022Sir John Lavery (Irish 1856-1941)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000Sir John Lavery (Irish 1856-1941) Double sided, oil on canvas, portraits. A 3/4 portrait of a beauty with drapery about her shoulders, circa 1910. 24in.x 36in. The second, a full length portrait of a musician, titled upper left 'Woman in Brown.' 18in. x 29in Framed: 31in. x 43in. Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA was a Northern Irish painter best known for his portraits and wartime depictions.
Fine Estate Inc.
soldOct. 28, 2022Sir John Lavery, olieograpic canvas print of belle epoch style young lady holding flowers, in gilt &
Est: £20 - £30Sir John Lavery, olieograpic canvas print of belle epoch style young lady holding flowers, in gilt & gesso scrolled frame. (25in x 32.75in ext)
Railtons
soldOct. 19, 2022SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRISH 1856-1941), THE DINING ROOM AT LENNOXLOVE
Est: £10,000 - £15,000SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRISH 1856-1941)THE DINING ROOM AT LENNOXLOVEOil on canvasSigned (lower right); titled, inscribed and dated 1921 (verso)67 x 80cm (26¼ x 31¼ in.)Provenance:The Fine Art Society, Ltd., London (August 1973, stock no. 115/5728)The present work is one of two known Lennoxlove interiors, painted in September of 1921 when Lavery stayed at Westerdunes, the golfing retreat of Sir Patrick Ford MP at North Berwick. It depicts the dining room of Lennoxlove House, situated just outside Haddington, East Lothian in Scotland. At the time of painting, the estate was owned by the Baird family before being sold in 1946 to Duke and Duchess of Hamilton. The house is currently home to Alexander, the 16th Duke of Hamilton and his family. Lavery travelled widely in East Lothian during this period, painting landscapes, garden views and interiors at Lennoxlove, Tynninghame and Gullane as well as on the Links. This may have been one of the works acquired by Conrad Ackner, Lavery's dentist (see Kenneth McConkey, Sir John Lavery's The Dentist, (Conrad Ackner and his Patient), British Dental Journal, January 2011, vol. 210, no 2, pp. 81-85). Ackner owned one of the two pictures, including a Lennoxlove interior, during the inter-war period.We are grateful to Professor Kenneth McConkey for his kind assistance in preparing this catalogue note.
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
soldSep. 26, 2022Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) THE LADY PARMOOR, 1919
Est: €40,000 - €60,000Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) THE LADY PARMOOR, 1919 oil on canvas signed lower right; signed, titled and dated on reverse h:30 w:25 in. Provenance: Lord and Lady Parmoor by descent; Adam's, 11 December 1990, lot 73; Where purchased and by descent to the previous owners; Adam's, 6 December 2010, lot 97; Private collection; Whyte's, 30 September 2013, lot 33; Private collection Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1920, catalogue no. 159 With the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front in November 1918, Lavery was much in demand. Not yet released from his commission as an Official War Artist, he had a large commemorative oil painting depicting the surrender of the German Navy to complete. He was also given the additional task to tour supply depots and hospitals in Northern France before they were dismantled and record women's work behind the lines. While his diary quickly filled with portrait commissions, normal everyday life in the busy studio in Cromwell Place, South Kensington, did not resume until after his holiday in February 1919 at Baron d'Erlanger's villa at Sidi-bu-Said on the bay of Tunis. 2Back for the start of the London Season, sittings began with feverish intensity and within the year he completed portraits of Duff Cooper, Lady Diana Manners, Flora Lion (sold in these rooms, 19 February 2007, lot 93 for €24,000), Lord Londonderry, the aviator, Sir John Alcock, and other prominent society figures. Among these was Marion Emily Ellis, who in July of that year became the second Baroness Parmoor. The portrait may indeed have been painted as a wedding gift from Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor, to his bride.3 Cripps and his new wife were both staunch anti-war Liberals, Marion's radicalism being deeply ingrained by family tradition.4 Her mother, Maria Rowntree, was one of the eminent Quaker philanthropist dynasty that hailed from York.5 No social butterfly, she had been an implacable campaigner against conscription, narrowly escaping imprisonment for her convictions. During the twenties she and her husband veered increasingly towards the Labour Party, he becoming Leader of the House of Lords and a supporter of Ramsay MacDonald. It was this formidable personality who sat for the painter in 1919 and no doubt they discussed his recent exploits as a war artist, flying over the North Sea convoys in airships on the look-out for enemy men-of-war. Lavery too had pacifist sympathies, but his task at this point was to find an arrangement of colour and form that matched his subject and the scheme he adopted in The Lady Parmoor was a familiar one. His favoured 30 by 25in. canvases were ideally suited to half-lengths and the sitter, dressed in dark blue-grey and black, relieved with a fur stoll provided an ideal 'harmony in brown'. It was a variation on a sequence which began in 1894 with the portrait of Esther McLaren, exhibited at the Royal Academy as Lady in Brown. It was memorably revisited with his first portrait of Hazel Trudeau, as Brown Furs (Dame en Noir) c.1906, (Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane.) and in the years which followed, reworked it in early portraits of Lady Diana Manners and Lady Gwendoline Churchill (both c.1913, private collections).6 Fine furs, Lavery felt, tended to flatter a sitter and in the present example they lead the eye to one of his most serious female subjects. At this point Marian Cripps had taken up the causes of reconciliation and fighting famine in war-torn Europe and post-revolutionary Russia. She would go on to lead the World YWCA and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and in her seventies, at the end of a very active career, she spoke out against the use of nuclear weapons. For Lavery, the drama he sought for The Lady Parmoor contained distinct echoes of the past and intimations of the future. Its Old Master tonalities took him back to his days as a copyist in the Prado, while they anticipate the haunting cadences of his second half-length treatment of Gwendoline Churchill in 1920 and the visual éclat of The Gold Turban, 1928 (both private collections). Prof. Kenneth McConkey Footnotes: 1 It has not been possible to determine precisely when the present picture left the Cripps family. A number of dispersals of land and chattels took place during and after the Second World War from the family estate at Parmoor House, Buckinghamshire. 2 Kenneth McConkey, John Lavery, A Painter and his World, 2010, (Edinburgh, Atelier Books), pp. 143-5. 3 Parmoor's first wife, Theresa Potter, sister of the Fabian, Beatrice Webb, died in 1893. Marian Ellis was forty-one at the time of their marriage on 14 July 1919. By that year, Lavery had painted the portrait of Violet Mary Nelson, (private collection), the future wife of Parmoor's son, Frederick Heyworth Cripps, by his first marriage. 4 Marion's twin sister, Edith, who shared her views, was in fact imprisoned in 1918. 5 The Rowntree family philanthropy was a direct result of her uncle, Joseph Rowntree's encounter at the age of fourteen with victims of the Irish Famine. 6 McConkey, 2010, pp. 108-9.7 McConkey, 2010, p. 179.
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