Sir John Lavery

1856–1941

Sir John Lavery, ‘The Chess Players’ 1929 — The Chess Players 1929
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Biography

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

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Artworks

Sir John Lavery The Chess Players

1929
Sir John Lavery Le Mort du Cygne: Anna Pavlova

1911
Sir John Lavery The Glasgow Exhibition, 1888

1888

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
Sir John Lavery The Golf Course, North Berwick

1922
Sir John Lavery King George V, Accompanied by Queen Mary, at the Opening of the Modern Foreign and Sargent Galleries at the Tate Gallery, 26 June 1926

1926
Sir John Lavery The Opening of the Modern Foreign and Sargent Galleries at the Tate Gallery, 26 June 1926

exhibited 1929
Sir John Lavery Mrs Guthrie

1898
Sir John Lavery The Jockeys’ Dressing Room at Ascot

1923

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Forgotten Faces

Caroline Corbeau-Parsons

Forgotten Faces comprises seventeen portraits or figure paintings and three sculptures ranging between 1896 – a year before the foundation …

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