Philip de László explained

Philip de László
Birth Name:Fülöp Laub
Birth Date:30 April 1869
Birth Place:Pest, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Hyme House, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Field:Portraits
Training:National Academy of Art
Children:6
Signature:PhilpeoSignature.png

Philip Alexius László de Lombos (born Fülöp Laub; Hungarian: Fülöp Elek László; 30 April 1869 – 22 November 1937),[1] known professionally as Philip de László, was an Anglo-Hungarian painter known particularly for his portraits of royal and aristocratic personages. In 1900, he married the Anglo-Irish socialite Lucy Guinness, and he became a British subject in 1914.[2] László's patrons awarded him numerous honours and medals. He was invested with the Royal Victorian Order by Edward VII in 1909 and, in 1912, he was ennobled by Franz Joseph I of Austria; becoming a part of the Hungarian nobility.

Early life

László was born in seemingly humble circumstances in Pest as Fülöp Laub, the eldest son of Adolf and Johanna Laub, a tailor and seamstress of Jewish origin.[3] Fülöp and his younger brother Marczi changed their surname to László in 1891.

He was apprenticed at an early age 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 and remained based in London for the remainder of his life, although endlessly travelling the world to fulfil commissions.[4] [5]

Personal life

In 1900, László married Lucy Madeleine Guinness, a member of the banking branch of the Guinness family and a sister of Henry Guinness. They had first met in Munich in 1892, but for some years had been forbidden to see each other. The couple had six children and 17 grandchildren.[6]

László became interested in Catholicism as a young man, probably through his friendship with the Valentins, an elderly Bavarian couple.[7] He was baptised into the Catholic Church in 1894 ... "he never worshipped regularly but read the Bible and was a firm believer in God and the Christian story".[8] His faith was especially strengthened by his visit to the Vatican in 1900, where he met and painted the aging Pope Leo XIII.[9] László converted to Anglicanism upon his marriage, and his children were raised as Protestants.[10] At a lecture to the Fisher Society in 1934, he said "I believe that to worship nature is a religious duty. I see in nature the fullest revelation of the Divinity, and my faith is that only by acceptance of this revelation and by striving to realise it in all its perfection can I prove my worship to be sincere".[11]

Later life

László's patrons awarded him numerous honours and medals. In July 1909, he was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) by Edward VII.[12] In 1912, he was ennobled by King Franz Joseph of Hungary; his surname then became "László de Lombos", but he soon was using the name "de László".[13]

Despite his British citizenship, his marriage and five British citizen sons, de László was interned for over twelve months in 1917 and 1918 during the First World War, accused of making contact with the enemy (he had written letters to family members in Austria). He was released on grounds of ill health, and exonerated in June 1919.[14]

De László suffered heart problems for the last years of his life. In October 1937, he had a heart attack and died a month later at his home, Hyme House, in Fitzjohns Avenue, Hampstead, London.[15] His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[16]

In 1939, Portrait of a Painter. The Authorized Life of Philip de László by Owen Rutter, written in conjunction with de László, was published. In 2010, Yale University Press published De László, His Life and Art by Duff Hart-Davis and Dr. Caroline Corbeau-Parsons.[17] His reputation still remains largely as a society portrait painter, but well numbered amongst his sitters were industrialists and scientists, politicians and painters, men and women of letters and many other eminent, as well as ordinary, people. Family members and a team of editors are compiling a catalogue raisonné www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com published online and in progress. His oeuvre currently numbers almost 4,000 works, including drawings.[18]

Subjects

See main article: List of works by Philip de László. Portraits painted by László include the following individuals:

Arms

Escutcheon:Azure on a mountain Vert an eagle rising Proper in chief a mullet of six points Argent.
Crest:Issuant from coronet of an hereditary nobleman of the Kingdom of Hungary a demi-lion proper holding between the paws an escutcheon Gules charged with a dexter hand couped also Proper.[66]
Notes:Granted 16 October 1923 (Coll. Arms 91/141).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The de Laszlo Archive Trust. delaszloarchivetrust.com.
  2. Web site: LASZLO DE LOMBOS, Philip Alexius de (1869 – 1937), Painter : Benezit Dictionary of Artists – oi. oxfordindex.oup.com. 2011. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00104969.
  3. Laszlo, Philip Alexius de [formerly Fülöp Elek László; Philip Alexius Laszlo de Lombos] (1869–1937), painter : Oxford Dictionary of National Biography – oi]. 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/34414. Gibson. Robin.
  4. Web site: Account Suspended. kingsgalleries.com. 8 April 2019. 5 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190405090956/http://www.kingsgalleries.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi. dead.
  5. Web site: The Portraits of Philip de Laszlo. 14 October 2010. The Weekly Standard. 8 April 2019. 16 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181216213302/https://www.weeklystandard.com/philip-terzian/the-portraits-of-philip-de-laszlo. dead.
  6. Web site: Photograph of László with his wife and sons. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927174643/http://www.delaszloarchivetrust.com/images/image/lucy-philip-boys.jpg. 27 September 2007.
  7. Book: Hart-Davis, Duff. Duff Hart-Davis. 2010. Philip de László: His Life and Art. Yale University Press. 26. 9780300137163.
  8. Hart-Davis (2010), p. 34.
  9. Hart-Davis (2010), pp. 66–67.
  10. Hart-Davis (2010), p. 71.
  11. Hart-Davis (2010), p. 235.
  12. Web site: Issue 28271 . . 19 March 2024 . 5 . 16 July 1909.
  13. Web site: Portrait of Lucy de László by her husband the artist Philip de László | Farmleigh House and Estate .
  14. Web site: Parlour games. The Guardian. London. 20 December 2003. 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."
  15. Web site: jssgallery.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20161014194341/http://www.jssgallery.org/other_artists/philip_alexius_de_laszlo/Articles/The_Studio_Vol_XXXI_No_124_June_1907.htm. dead. 14 October 2016.
  16. Web site: Philip de László . Olympedia . 4 August 2020.
  17. Web site: De László, His Life and Art. yalepress.yale.edu. 17 October 2014. 15 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141015233918/http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/. dead.
  18. Web site: The de Laszlo Archive Trust. delaszloarchivetrust.com.
  19. Laszlo; A Brush with Grandeur
  20. Web site: Philip Alexius de Laszlo's Comte and Comtesse Jean de Castellane. jssgallery.org.
  21. Web site: Photo of Elisabeth, Duchess of Clermont-Tonnerre. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  22. Web site: Photo of Calvin Coolidge. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  23. Allen, David E. The Botanists, St Paul's Biographies 1986, p. 104
  24. Web site: Finley, Mrs David, née Margaret Morton Eustis. delaszlocatalogueraisonne.. 23 April 2021.
  25. Web site: Photo of the Duke and Duchess of Gramont. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  26. Web site: Photo of Princess Andrew of Greece. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  27. The Studio, 105 (418), January 1928.
  28. Web site: Photo of Johnny de László (Philip de Laszlo's youngest son). jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  29. Web site: Photo of Stephen and Paul de László (his sons, 1910). jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  30. Web site: Photo of Pope Leo XIII. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  31. [Scone Palace]
  32. Web site: Philip Alexius de Laszlo's James Robert Dundas McEwen. jssgallery.org.
  33. Web site: Philip Alexius de Laszlo's Mary Frances Dundas McEwen. jssgallery.org.
  34. Web site: Photo of Andrew W. Mellon. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  35. Web site: Photo of Princess Charlotte of Monaco. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  36. Web site: Photo of Prince Louis II of Monaco. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  37. Web site: Catalogue | the Catalogue | Jaunez, Madame Maximilian von, née Jeanne de Montagnac; other married name comtesse Charles de Polignac | the de Laszlo Archive Trust .
  38. Web site: Photo of Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  39. Web site: Photo of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  40. Web site: Photo of Joseph Ferguson Peacocke, Archbishop of Dublin (1908). jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  41. Web site: Catalogue | The Catalogue | The de Laszlo Archive Trust- Duke of Northumberland. delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com.
  42. Web site: Catalogue | The Catalogue | The de Laszlo Archive Trust- Duchess of Northumberland . delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com.
  43. Web site: Catalogue | The Catalogue | The de Laszlo Archive Trust- Duchess of Hamilton. delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com.
  44. Web site: Catalogue | The Catalogue | The de Laszlo Archive Trust- Lord Richard Percy. delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com.
  45. Web site: "Vittorio Putti" by Philip de Laszlo (c. 1925) – Himetop. wikidot.com.
  46. Web site: Photo of Queen Marie of Romania (1936). jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  47. Web site: Photo of Queen Mother Marie of Romania. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  48. Web site: Photo of Theodore Roosevelt. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  49. Web site: Photo of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  50. Web site: Webshots – Today's Photo-Queen Victoria Eugenia of SpainA. Webshots Wallpaper & Screensaver. webshots.com. 28 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716102217/http://news.webshots.com/photo/1507603097081543377vcNdzH?vhost=news. 16 July 2011. dead.
  51. Web site: Webshots – Today's Photo-Queen Victoria Eugenia of SpainB. Webshots Wallpaper & Screensaver-Queen. webshots.com. 28 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195037/http://news.webshots.com/photo/1507605631081543377JtxvqN?vhost=news. 29 October 2013. dead.
  52. Web site: Webshots – Today's Photo Victoria Eugenia of SpainC. Webshots Wallpaper & Screensaver. webshots.com. 28 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716102300/http://news.webshots.com/photo/2383058000081543377CSIckn?vhost=news. 16 July 2011. dead.
  53. Web site: Webshots – Today's Photo- Victoria Eugenia of SpainD. Webshots Wallpaper & Screensaver. webshots.com. 28 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20090619161249/http://news.webshots.com/photo/2005919060081543377UDSbCW?vhost=news. 19 June 2009. dead.
  54. Web site: Webshots – Today's Photo- Victoria Eugenia of SpainE. Webshots Wallpaper & Screensaver. webshots.com. 26 August 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20120225075249/http://news.webshots.com/photo/2653043360081543377znFLEp?vhost=news. 25 February 2012. dead.
  55. Web site: Photo of Queen Louise of Sweden. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  56. Web site: Photo of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  57. Web site: Photo of Duchess of York, 1931). jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  58. Web site: Photo of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  59. Web site: Photo of George VI of the United Kingdom, when Duke of York; 1931). jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  60. Web site: Photo of Prince George, Duke of Kent (1934). jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  61. Web site: Philip Alexius de Laszlo's Princess Marina Sketch . jssgallery.org . 17 October 2014.
  62. Web site: Philip Alexius de Laszlo's Duke and Duchess of 1934 . jssgallery.org . 17 October 2014.
  63. In the collection of the Estate of David Chavchavadze
  64. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/margaret-leicester-warren-19051964-103857/ Portrait of Margaret Leicester Warren at Art UK
  65. Web site: Photo of Ignaz Wechselmann (1894). jssgallery.org. 17 October 2014.
  66. Web site: April 2024 Newsletter (no. 75). College of Arms . 29 April 2024 .

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