John Lavery

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
For the Northern Irish footballer, see John Lavery (footballer, born 1919). For the English footballer, see John Lavery (footballer, born 1877).

Sir John Lavery
Lavery in 1909
Born(1856-03-20)20 March 1856
Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Died10 January 1941(1941-01-10) (aged 84)
Kilmoganny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Resting placePutney Vale Cemetery
NationalityIrish
Alma materHaldane Academy
Known forportraits and wartime depictions
Spouse(s)Kathleen MacDermott (1889–1891)
Hazel Martyn (1909–1935)

Sir John Lavery

RSA RHA
(20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941) was an Irish painter best known for his portraits and wartime depictions.

Life and career

Evelyn Farquhar, wife of Captain Francis Douglas Farquhar

John Lavery was born in inner North

Glasgow International Exhibition. This launched his career as a society painter and he moved to London soon after. In 1896, William Burrell commissioned Lavery to paint a portrait of his sister Mary Burrell.

Portrait of Miss Mary Burrell, 1896

This portrait was exhibited widely and is considered one of Lavery's finest works. Another portrait of Mrs. Burrell was altered to become the "Red Rose" portrait of Hazel Lavery.

The Red Rose, 1923

In his memoir, Lavery acknowledged Burrell's patronage.[3] In London, he became friendly with James McNeill Whistler

and was clearly influenced by him.

Like

Asquith family and spent time with them at their Sutton Courtenay Thames-side residence, painting their portraits and idyllic pictures like Summer on the River (Hugh Lane Gallery
).

After the war he was knighted

Royal Academy. His work was also part of the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics, the 1928 Summer Olympics, and the 1932 Summer Olympics.[5]

During this time, he and his wife,

The Ulster Museum and the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery and in the 1930s he returned to Ireland. He received honorary degrees from the University of Dublin and Queen's University Belfast. He was also made a freeman of both Dublin and Belfast. A long-standing member of Glasgow Art Club, Lavery exhibited at the club's annual exhibitions, including its exhibition in 1939 in which his The Lake at Ranelagh was included.[6]

Personal life

Woman with golden turban, Hazel Lavery née Hazel Martyn
Hazel in rose and grey

Lavery was an orphan raised by relatives in Moira, County Down. Lavery's first wife, Kathleen MacDermott, whom he married in 1889, died of tuberculosis in 1891, shortly after the birth of their daughter, Eileen (later Lady Sempill, 1890–1935).

In 1909 Lavery remarried, to Hazel Martyn (1886–1935), an Irish-American known for her beauty and poise, who had a daughter, Alice Trudeau (Mrs. Jack McEnery). Hazel Lavery was depicted in more than 400 of her husband's paintings. The sumptuous The Artist's Studio: Lady Lavery with her Daughter Alice and Step-Daughter Eileen, currently is in the National Gallery of Ireland.

Hazel Lavery modelled for

Irish banknotes from 1928 until 1975 and then as a watermark until the introduction of the Euro in 2002. The Laverys' marriage was tempestuous, and Lady Lavery reportedly was unfaithful.[7]

Sir John Lavery died in Rossenarra House, Kilmoganny, County Kilkenny on 10 January 1941, aged 84, from natural causes, and was interred in Putney Vale Cemetery.

Works in collections

  • Wartime pictures
  • War Room – depicts surrender of the German High Seas Fleet on board of HMS Queen Elizabeth (November 1918)
    War Room – depicts surrender of the German High Seas Fleet on board of HMS Queen Elizabeth (November 1918)
  • Munitions, Newcastle, 1917
    Munitions, Newcastle, 1917
  • A Coast Defence – an 18-pounder anti-aircraft gun, Tyneside, 1917
    A Coast Defence – an 18-pounder anti-aircraft gun, Tyneside, 1917
  • A Convoy, North Sea, 1918
    A Convoy, North Sea, 1918
  • The Wounded at Dover, 1918
    The Wounded at Dover, 1918
  • Army Post Office 3, Boulogne, 1919
    Army Post Office 3, Boulogne, 1919
  • Other
  • Gaines Ruger Donoho
    Gaines Ruger Donoho
  • The Tennis Party, 1885, Aberdeen Art Gallery
    The Tennis Party, 1885, Aberdeen Art Gallery
  • Sir John Lavery, A Rally, 1885
    Sir John Lavery, A Rally, 1885
  • Portrait of a Young Woman, 1888
    Portrait of a Young Woman, 1888
  • Portrait of Mrs Burrell
    Portrait of Mrs Burrell
  • Walter Burton Harris, 1907
    Walter Burton Harris, 1907
  • Mrs Lavery sketching, 1910
    Mrs Lavery sketching, 1910
  • Mrs Ralph Peto as a Bacchante
    Mrs Ralph Peto as a Bacchante
  • Lady Lavery
    Lady Lavery
  • A Summer Afternoon
    A Summer Afternoon
  • On the Riviera
    On the Riviera
  • The Opening of the Modern Foreign and Sargent Galleries at the Tate Gallery, 26 June 1926
    The Opening of the Modern Foreign and Sargent Galleries at the Tate Gallery, 26 June 1926
  • The Chess Players, 1929
    The Chess Players, 1929

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 380 artworks by or after John Lavery, Art UK
  2. ^ Festival of Britain 1951 in Northern Ireland: official souvenir handbook. Belfast: HR Carter Ltd. 1951. p. 70.
  3. ISBN 9789333100694
  4. ^ "New Year Honours. The Official Lists., New Peers And Baronets., Long Roll of Soldiers (transcription)". The Times. No. 41675. London, UK. 1 January 1918. p. 8; col B. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  5. ^ "John Lavery". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  6. ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
  7. ^ Tallant, Nicola (16 July 2006). "Collins didn't have affair with Lady Lavery: claim". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

Further reading

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Lavery.
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Lavery, John".
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Lavery&oldid=1207380201"