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Description: | Gilded wood (Frame on MS 23) s. t. r. "J.LAVERY.1882" CRE LAVERY, John, Sir; (Irish; 1856 - 1941) Lavery rose to prominence as a painter of society portraits and contemporary scenes during the Glasgow International Festival of 1888. His determination to paint led him from his native Ireland to Glasgow where he tinted photographs to finance his art classes. By 1882, the date of this portrait, Lavery was studying at the Academie Julian in Paris, returning to Glasgow in 1885. There Lavery befriended the artists known as the Glasgow Boys, with whom he shared an interest in subjects from modern life. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | GLASGOW BOY : PORTRAIT : PORTRAIT PAINTER : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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