Randolph Churchill (1911-1968) seated in a Garden Chair
Sir John Lavery (Belfast 1856 - Kilkenny 1941)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1930
Materials
Oil on board
Measurements
505 x 360 x 5 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 1100663
Summary
Oil painting on board, Randolph Churchill (1911-1968) seated in a Garden Chair by Sir John Lavery (Belfast 1856 - Kilkenny 1941). Pencil note on reverse.
Full description
Belfast born, Lavery attended Haldane Academy in Glasgow and Academie Julian in Paris. He returned to Glasgow and associated with the Glasgow school. An official artist in WWI, ill health stopped him going to the Western Front. In 1909 married Hazel Martyn (second wife) After the Dardenelles crisis Churchill was ejected from Admiralty House. His income was halved, so as an economy drive they moved in with his brother Jack’s family in Cromwell Place. Lavery and his wife Hazel lived round the corner and the couples became firm friends.
Provenance
Transferred by HM Treasury, 1968
Credit line
Chartwell, The Churchill Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Pencil note on reverse - saying: ?
Makers and roles
Sir John Lavery (Belfast 1856 - Kilkenny 1941), artist