Philip de László

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

De László was born in Budapest as Laub Fülöp Elek (Hungarian style with the surname first), the eldest son of a tailor. The family changed its name to László in 1891, and he added the "de" after being made a nobleman in 1912 by Emperor Franz Joseph. The Emperor had previously sat for a portrait in 1896.

As a young man, de 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. De László's 1900 portrait of Pope Leo XIII earned him a Grand Gold Medal at the Paris International Exhibition. In 1903 he moved from Budapest to Vienna, and ultimately to England in 1907. He remained based in London for the rest of his life while traveling the world to fulfill commissions. His patrons who sat for portraits awarded him numerous honors and medals, including King Edward VII making him a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1909.

[edit] People painted by Philip de Laszlo include the following

Miss Annie Ahlers [1] Brigadier-General The 8th Earl of Albemarle [2] Queen Alexandra [3] Miss Mary Arbuthnot HRH The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll [4] Arthur Balfour [5] Lady Brocket [6] Lady Castlereigh [7] Charles Clare [8] HM King Constantine I of the Hellenes [9] Earl Curzon of Kedleston [10] Baroness Conrad de Meyendorff, nee Nadine Vladimimova Louguinine [11] Randall Davidson [12] Sir Alfred East, ARA [13] King Edward VII [14]	Mrs Archie Graham, née Dorothy Shuttleworth [15] HRIH Princess Nicholas of Greece, née Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia [16] Miss Lucy Guinness [17] His Holiness Pope Innocent X [18] Joseph Joachim [19] Hudson Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport [20] Daniela Grunelius [21] Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst [22] The Archmandrite Gregorius [23] HRH The Duchess of Kent [24] Jan Kubelik [25] Cosmo Gordon Lang Archbishop of Canterbury [26] Philip de Laszlo His Holiness Pope Leo XIII [27] James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater [28] Mrs Geoffrey Luttrell [29] Lord and Lady Minto [30] The artist's mother [31]		Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven [32] The Duke and Duchess of Portland [33] Earl Roberts of Kandahar [34] Vita Sackville-West [35] Mrs George Sandys, née Dulcie Redford [36] William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne [37] Lt Desmond Trouton [38] Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry [39] Lady Wantage [40] Lady Wernher [41] HIM Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany [42] Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother when Duchess of York [43] HM The Queen when Princess Elizabeth of York [44]

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[edit] External links

• The de Laszlo Archive Trust