£3,900
Sir John Lavery (Irish, 1856 - 1941): gouache on buff paper, Margaret, Duchess of Argyle (1912 - 1993), with stamp for Their Majesties Court Buckingham Palace 1931, image 30 x 51 cm, overall 40 x 60cm.
Lavery was appointed an official artist in the First World War. Ill health, however, prevented him from travelling to the Western Front. A serious car crash during a Zeppelin bombing raid also kept him from fulfilling this role as a war artist. He remained in Britain and mostly painted boats, aeroplanes and airships. After the war he was knighted[5] and in 1921 he was elected to the Royal Academy. His work was also part of the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics, the 1928 Summer Olympics, and the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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