John Lavery

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John Lavery

Sir John Lavery RA (born March 20, 1856 in Belfast , † January 10, 1941 in County Kilkenny ) was an Irish portraitist and landscape painter .

Life

Lavery was a student at Haldane Academy in Glasgow , at the age of 23 he moved to the Heatherly School of Art in 1879 ; there he became the classmate of William Lionel Wyllie . In 1891 he went to Paris to the Académie Julian , supported by his teachers . There he became a student of William Adolphe Bruguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury and with their consent Lavery was able to work as a landscape painter in and around Glasgow during the summer months and during the winter he studied under supervision at the academy.

After returning to Great Britain, Lavery settled in Glasgow and soon became one of the main representatives of the Glasgow Boys . In 1899 he married Kathleen MacDermott and had with her the daughter Eileen (1890-1935). His wife died of tuberculosis the following year, weakened from birth . In 1909 Lavery married Hazel Martyn (1897-1935), who brought their daughter Alice into the marriage.

As a member of the artists' colony of Grez-sur-Loing in the Seine-et-Marne department , one of his most famous pictures, “The Bridge in Grez” , was created in 1883 under the influence of Jules Bastien-Lepage . That year he was also represented for the first time at the major exhibition of the Salon de Paris .

From 1886 Lavery could regularly take part in the exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts in London . As a member of the Glasgow Brotherhood he was a. a. together with James Guthrie and Alexander Roche also represented at exhibitions in the Glaspalast Munich or the Grosvenor Gallery in London.

In 1888, Lavery was commissioned by the Glasgow City Council to capture Queen Victoria's visit to the International Exhibition in 1888 on canvas. After two years the work was handed over and exhibited.

After the death of his first wife, Lavery made extensive trips to the Mediterranean and North Africa . He also enjoyed spending the winter months in Tangier ( Morocco ), where many of his pictures were taken.

In 1897/98 Lavery founded the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Etchers together with James McNeill Whistler and headed it as Vice President until 1908. In 1911 he was appointed "associate" of the Royal Academy of Arts and in 1921 he was also accepted as a member. On February 6, 1918, he was beaten to Knight Bachelor ("Sir").

Works (selection)

  • The artist's studies
  • Lady Lavery with her daughter Alice and step-daughter Eileen
  • The bridge of Grez
  • The lady in black , 1894
  • Sir John Thomas Gilbert
  • Polyhymnia
  • King George V and his family
  • A garden in France , 1898
  • Hazel in rose and gold
  • Midnight at Tetuan
  • Walter Burton Harris

literature

  • Roger Billcliffe: The Glasgow Boys. The Glasgow School of painting 1875-1895 . Murray, London 2002, ISBN 0-7195-6033-0 .
  • James L. Caw: Scottish painting. Past and Present, 1608-1908 . Kingsmeat Books, Bath 1975, ISBN 0-901571-71-7 .
  • Kenneth McConkey: Sir John Lavery . Canongate Books, Edinburgh 1993, ISBN 0-86241-440-7 .
  • David Martin: The Glasgow School of Painting . Bell Publ., London 1897, OCLC 7874709 .
  • Walter S. Sparrow: John Lavery and his work . Paul, Trench & Trübner, London 1911, OCLC 6033932 .

Web links

Commons : John Lavery  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sir John Lavery, RA in the database of the Royal Academy of Arts , English, accessed on May 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ Knights and Dames: KIN-LYV at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
personal data
SURNAME Lavery, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish portraitist and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1941