PHILIP DE LáSZLó

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'Philip Alexius de László' (30 April 1869 Budapest - 22 November 1937 London)[1] was a Hungarian painter known particularly for his portraits of royal and aristocratic personages.

Contents
Early life
Later life
Marriage and family
People painted
Notes
External links

Early life


László was born in Budapest as 'Laub Fülöp Elek' (Hungarian style with the surname first), the eldest son of a Jewish tailor. The family changed its name to László in 1891.
As a young man, László apprenticed to a photographer while studying art, eventually earning a place at the National Academy of Art, where he studied under Bertalan Székely and Károly Lotz. He followed this with studies in Munich and Paris. László's portrait of Pope Leo XIII earned him a Grand Gold Medal at the Paris International Exhibition in 1900.
In 1903 László moved from Budapest to Vienna. In 1907 he moved to England. He remained based in London for the rest of his life while traveling the world to fulfill commissions.

Later life


László's patrons awarded him numerous honors and medals. In 1909 he was named an honorary Member of the Royal Victorian Order by King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. In 1912 he was ennobled by King Franz Joseph of Hungary; his surname became "László de Lombos". The family later shortened the name to "de László".
László became a British citizen in 1914 but was interned for over twelve months in 1917 and 1918 during the First World War.[2]
László suffered a heart attack in 1936. The following year he had another heart attack and died at his home in Hampstead, near London.

Marriage and family


In 1900 László married Lucy Madeleine Guinness, a member of the wealthy and well-connected Guinness family. They had first met in Munich in 1892, but for some years had been forbidden to see each other. Lucy de László's connections almost certainly brought her husband new commissions. They had six children (Photograph of László with his wife and sons):

★ a daughter (born and died 1903, Budapest).[3]

★ Henry de László

★ Stephen Philip de László (died 7 January 1939); married Edith Alexandra Diana von Versen (died 30 December 1938)

★ Paul de László; married Josephine


★ Christopher Paul de László; married April 1967 Helen Genia Arntzen (born Gerling)


★ Jane Marie de László; married 1966 William Haywood Ruffin

★ Patrick David de László (died October 1980); married 1stly Deborah Greenwood (died 11 November 1980; daughter of Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood); married 2ndly 1977 Pamela Newall, Baroness Sharples (born 1923) as her second husband. Patrick and Deborah had issue:


★ Damon Patrick de László married 1972 Sandra Daphne Hacking (daughter of Douglas Eric Hacking, 2nd Baron Hacking)



★ Lucy Deborah de László (born 1975)


★ Charmian de László


★ Meriel de László

★ John Adolphus de László (died 1990) married ca. 1954 (divorced ca. 1977) Rosemary Townsend, nee Pawle (died 2004) as her second husband.


★ Piers de László


★ Charlotte de László; married Watkins


★ Martin Richard de László (son of Peggy Hennessy); married 1966 Mary Gwendolen Freeman (granddaughter of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk)
László had seventeen grandchildren.[4]

People painted


People painted by László include the following:

★ Anny Ahlers[5] (1933) photo
★ Count Albert Apponyi (1897)
★ Mary Arbuthnot
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (1896)
Arthur Balfour[6]
Count Leopold Berchtold (1907)
★ Sir Henry Birchenough
★ Lady Brocket[7]
★ Sire Ernest Cassel (1900)
★ Count and Countess Jean de Castellane (1899) photo
Lady Castlereagh[8]
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland[7]
★ Sir Austen Chamberlain (1920)
★ Charles Clare[7]
Elisabeth, Duchess of Clermont-Tonnerre (1902) photo
Calvin Coolidge photo
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston[7] (when Earl Curzon of Kedleston)
Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury[7] (1926) photo
Sir Alfred East[7]
William II, German Emperor[7] (1908) photo; (1910) photo
★ Mrs Archie Graham (born Dorothy Shuttleworth)[7]
The Duke and Duchesss of Gramont (1902) photo
★ Corisade de Gramont (1902) photo
Prince Andrew of Greece (1913)
Princess Andrew of Greece (born Princess Alice of Battenberg) (1907) photo
King Constantine I of Greece[7]
Princess Nicholas of Greece (born Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia)[7]
Queen Olga of Greece (1914)
★ The Archimandrite Gregorius[8] (1894)
★ Daniela Grunelius[8]
★ Lucy Guinness (later his wife)[7]
Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst[8] (1899)
Pope Innocent X[7]
Joseph Joachim[7]
Hudson Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport[7] (1914)
Arnold Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle[6]
Jan Kubelik[7]
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury[7] (1932) photo
★ Johnny de László (his youngest son) photo
★ Philip de László
★ Stephen and Paul de László (his sons, 1910), photo
★ Johanna Laub[8] (his mother, 1914)

Pope Leo XIII[8] (1900) photo
James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater[7]
★ Mrs Geoffrey Luttrell[8]
★ James Robert Dundas McEwen (1915) photo
★ Mary Frances Dundas McEwen (1913/14) photo
Andrew W. Mellon (1931) photo
★ Baroness Conrad de Meyendorff (born Nadine Vladimimova Louguinine)[7]
Lord and Lady Minto[8]
Princess Charlotte of Monaco photo
Prince Louis II of Monaco photo
Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924 when Lady Louis Mountbatten) photo
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven[7] (1910 when Prince Louis of Battenberg)
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1925 when Lord Louis Mountbatten) photo
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne[7]
★ Joseph Ferguson Peacocke, Archbishop of Dublin (1908) photo
★ Cardinal Mariano Rampolla (1900)
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts[7]
Queen Marie of Romania (1924) photo; (1936) photo; (1936) photo
Theodore Roosevelt (1910) photo
Vita Sackville-West[7] (1910)
★ Mrs George Owen Sandys (born Dulcie Redford)[7]
Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1898)
King Alfonso XIII of Spain (1927) photo
Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain (1920) photo; (1927) photo
Queen Louise of Sweden (1907 when Princess Louise of Battenberg) photo
★ Desmond Trouton[7]
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom[7]
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Countess of Athlone (1929) photo
Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1937)
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom[7]
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother[7] (1925 when Duchess of York) photo; (1931 when Duchess of York) photo; (1931 when Duchess of York) photo
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (when Princess Elizabeth of York)[7] (1933) photo
King George VI of the United Kingdom (1931 when Duke of York) photo
Prince George of the United Kingdom, Duke of Kent (1934) photo
Princess Louise of the United Kingdom, Duchess of Argyll[7] (1915)
Princess Marina of the United Kingdom, Duchess of Kent[8] (1934) photo; (1934) photo
Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry[7]
★ Lady Wantage[8]
Ignaz Wechselmann (1894) photo
★ Sándor Wekerle (1896)
Lady Wernher[7]

Notes


1. "Philip Alexius de László,
M.V.O., P.R.B.A., 1869 Budapest - 1937 London" from the website The De Laszlo Archive Trust. Retrieved 15 August 2007. [1]
2. Giles MacDonogh. "Parlour games"
''The Guardian'' Saturday December 20, 2003[2] Retrieved 15 August 2007. The article states that "László had not only painted the Austrian foreign secretary, Count Berchtold, regarded by many as responsible for the war; he had also been ennobled by Emperor Franz Josef in 1912. After warnings, he was arrested in the summer of 1917 and accused of making contact with the enemy by sending letters to his mother and brother. He was locked up in Brixton prison and Holloway internment camp as an enemy alien. He didn't sympathise with the enemy: the range of his sitters reveals his even-handedness. He was released due to ill-health, but was not vindicated until the summer of 1919. He had been unable to paint anyone outside his own family for two years.
3. [3],. Retrieved 15 August 2007.
4. Suzy Menke's article, "A Hungarian artist's brush with grandeur" ''The International Herald Tribune'' Friday 9 January 2004, about the exhibition says that 16 of the 17 turned up for the opening party.[www.iht.com/articles/2004/01/09/menkes_ed3_.php]
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External links



The de Laszlo Archive Trust. Last accessed 15 August 2007.

National Portrait Gallery biographical profile and links to images Retrieved 15 August 2007.

Articles on de Laszlo from website dedicated to John Singer Sargent. Last accessed 15 August 2007.

★ Suzy Menkes. "A Hungarian artist's brush with grandeur" ''The International Herald Tribune'' Friday 9 January 2004. Last accessed 15 August 2007.[4]

★ The Honourable Sandra de Laszlo Interview about her grandfather-in-law's work and current appeal. Retrieved 15 August 2007.

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