Sir John Lavery: The Hall, Argyll House - A Summer Day

John Lavery (1856-1941) was born in Belfast, and studied in Scotland at the Glasgow School of Art from about 1874. He moved to London from 1879-81 and later to Paris where he was influenced by Bastien-Lepage. He then returned to Glasgow, becoming a leading member of an informal group of painters known as the Glasgow School, with work characterised by lack of a storyline, but great energy. 

Lavery achieved his pinnacle in the 1880s, with exhibitions in Europe and America. As a leading portraitist, he was chosen to paint the State visit of Queen Victoria to the Glasgow International Exhibition in 1888 (there were some 250 portraits in that picture). During the First World War, Lavery was an Official War Artist, and the Imperial War Museum has examples of his work. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1921.

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