Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (1882-1962)
Clarence Alfred Burke White (1895 - 1971)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1938 (signed)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
900 x 750 mm
Order this imageCollection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288950
Caption
Geoffrey Mander was the eldest son of Theodore and Flora Mander. After studying organic chemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge he joined Mander Brothers (a paint and varnish manufacturers), eventually becoming Chairman. In 1907 he married Rosalind Florence Caverhill, by whom he had three children: Mavis, Mervyn and Elizabeth. He was a magistrate and a Wolverhampton Councillor, and from 1929 to 1945 was Liberal M.P. for East Wolverhampton. In 1930 he was divorced, but later that same year he married Rosalie Glynn Grylls, with whom he had two children, John and Anthea.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (1882-1962) by Clarence White (1895 - 1971), signed, 1938. A half-length portrait of the eldst child of Theodore Mander and his wife Flora, seated to right in blue suit and striped tie against a marbled grey background. Geoffrey Mander (1882-1962) was the eldest son of Theodore and Flora Mander. After studying organic chemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge he joined Manders, eventually becoming Chairman. In 1907 he married Rosalind Florence Caverhill; they had three children: Mavis, Mervyn and Elizabeth. He was a magistrate and a Wolverhampton Councillor, and from 1929 to 1945 was Liberal M.P. for East Wolverhampton. In 1930 Geoffrey Mander was divorced. Later the same year he married Rosalie Glynn Grylls ; they had two children, John and Anthea. In 1937 Geoffrey Mander gave Wightwick Manor and its contents to the National Trust, and with his wife began developing both the Pre-Raphaelite and William Morris collections. In 1945 he was knighted. The collections remained among Sir Geoffrey's chief interests until his death.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust on the death of Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (1882-1962)
Marks and inscriptions
Horace (?) White (signed bottom left)
Makers and roles
Clarence Alfred Burke White (1895 - 1971), publisher