LAVERY (Sir John, 1856-1941, Irish Artist, one of the ‘Glasgow Boys’)

Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent saying that his “wife has given me your letter asking for my signature and the merest pencilling. I regret to say that I never use pen and pencil except for writing, my work is done with a brush and oil paint...”, 1 side A4, 5 Cromwell Place headed paper, London, 30th December

In August 1917 he was commissioned to depict aspects of the war in Britain, but he hated war and regarded his efforts as totally uninspired. His most memorable painting depicts the forecabin of HMS Queen Elizabeth with Admiral Beatty reading the terms of the surrender of the German navy. He was knighted in 1918. He was elected president of the Belfast Art Society in 1919 and served for five years, exhibiting and attending exhibitions.

Item Date:  1917

Stock No:  42211      £275

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