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Sir Gerald Festus Kelly (1879-1972)

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Sir Gerald Festus Kelly (1879-1972)

Schätzpreis
6.000 € - 9.000 €
ca. 6.698 $ - 10.047 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Artist: Sir Gerald Festus Kelly (1879-1972) Title: Portrait of a Seated Lady Signature: signed lower right Medium: oil on canvas Size: 104 x 83½cm (40.9 x 32.9in) Framed Size: 120 x 101cm (47.2 x 39.8in) Provenance: Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Of Irish descent and educated at Eton College and Cambridge, Gerald Festus Kelly's great skill as a portrait painter brought him fame and success in Britain in the early twentieth century. To describe him as a society portrait painter is to underesti... Read more Of Irish descent and educated at Eton College and Cambridge, Gerald Festus Kelly's great skill as a portrait painter brought him fame and success in Britain in the early twentieth century. To describe him as a society portrait painter is to underestimate his artistic talent, although most of his sitters were from wealthy upper-class families. The identity of the sitter in this portrait by Kelly is not known. A woman her twenties, perhaps younger; she is depicted wearing a white silk dress, with a fur stole draped about her shoulders, seated in a grey-painted chair. The setting is classical, with the textures of silk, skin and fur rendered with great skill-the hands are particularly finely painted, their languid elegance reminiscent of Anthony Van Dyck As with most of Kelly's portraits, the background is plain; in this case a green panelled wall. What surprises is the freshness and unaffected natural presence of the sitter; she wears little make up, her dark hair is not elaborately coiffeured, and her expression might be encountered in an everyday setting, rather than a grand salon. What shines through is her individual personality, and Kelly had a genius for capturing this essence of personality; as in his other portraits of women, such as Marie Stopes, Eleanor Constance Lodge and Esther Ella Lawrence, Principal of Froebel College. The majority of his portraits however are of men; dressed in suits, academic gowns, or robes of office. He painted judges, chancellors of universities, leading business figures and actors. Among his notable works are state portraits of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. He also painted portraits of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Harold Macmillan and T. S. Eliot. However, Kelly is perhaps best-known for his many portraits depicting women dancers in Burma (Myanmar). In 1901, aged 22, Kelly moved to Paris to study art. He was friendly with John Singer Sargent and Walter Sickert, met Monet and Renoir and was greatly influenced by James McNeill Whistler Seven years later, a love affair with a Montmartre dancer ended badly, and Kelly went through an emotional crisis. His friend, the novelist Somerset Maugham, who had based several characters in his books on Kelly, gave him money and recommended that he go to Burma. While there, Kelly painted landscapes, views of temples and portraits of traditional Burmese dancers. Although he returned to Britain where he pursued a successful career as a portrait painter, he made several more trips to Burma, living in the house of a district judge and made painting trips along the Irawaddy river. He liked to paint night views of temples in Mandalay, the dark blue skies and moonlit buildings adding a sense of mystery and exoticism to these works. In 1936 he spent time painting in Cambodia. An energetic and popular president of the Royal Academy from 1949 to 1954, Kelly was also a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy, exhibiting with the RHA between 1905 and 1969. He received many awards during his lifetime, and was a favourite of the British art establishment, being described by Kenneth Clark as 'the most reliable portrait painter of his time'. Peter Murray, March 2019

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 35
Auktion:
Datum:
29.04.2019
Auktionshaus:
Morgan O'Driscoll
1 Ilen Street
? Skibbereen Co. Cork
Irland
info@morganodriscoll.com
+353 (0)28 22338
+353 (0)28 23601
Beschreibung:

Artist: Sir Gerald Festus Kelly (1879-1972) Title: Portrait of a Seated Lady Signature: signed lower right Medium: oil on canvas Size: 104 x 83½cm (40.9 x 32.9in) Framed Size: 120 x 101cm (47.2 x 39.8in) Provenance: Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Of Irish descent and educated at Eton College and Cambridge, Gerald Festus Kelly's great skill as a portrait painter brought him fame and success in Britain in the early twentieth century. To describe him as a society portrait painter is to underesti... Read more Of Irish descent and educated at Eton College and Cambridge, Gerald Festus Kelly's great skill as a portrait painter brought him fame and success in Britain in the early twentieth century. To describe him as a society portrait painter is to underestimate his artistic talent, although most of his sitters were from wealthy upper-class families. The identity of the sitter in this portrait by Kelly is not known. A woman her twenties, perhaps younger; she is depicted wearing a white silk dress, with a fur stole draped about her shoulders, seated in a grey-painted chair. The setting is classical, with the textures of silk, skin and fur rendered with great skill-the hands are particularly finely painted, their languid elegance reminiscent of Anthony Van Dyck As with most of Kelly's portraits, the background is plain; in this case a green panelled wall. What surprises is the freshness and unaffected natural presence of the sitter; she wears little make up, her dark hair is not elaborately coiffeured, and her expression might be encountered in an everyday setting, rather than a grand salon. What shines through is her individual personality, and Kelly had a genius for capturing this essence of personality; as in his other portraits of women, such as Marie Stopes, Eleanor Constance Lodge and Esther Ella Lawrence, Principal of Froebel College. The majority of his portraits however are of men; dressed in suits, academic gowns, or robes of office. He painted judges, chancellors of universities, leading business figures and actors. Among his notable works are state portraits of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. He also painted portraits of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Harold Macmillan and T. S. Eliot. However, Kelly is perhaps best-known for his many portraits depicting women dancers in Burma (Myanmar). In 1901, aged 22, Kelly moved to Paris to study art. He was friendly with John Singer Sargent and Walter Sickert, met Monet and Renoir and was greatly influenced by James McNeill Whistler Seven years later, a love affair with a Montmartre dancer ended badly, and Kelly went through an emotional crisis. His friend, the novelist Somerset Maugham, who had based several characters in his books on Kelly, gave him money and recommended that he go to Burma. While there, Kelly painted landscapes, views of temples and portraits of traditional Burmese dancers. Although he returned to Britain where he pursued a successful career as a portrait painter, he made several more trips to Burma, living in the house of a district judge and made painting trips along the Irawaddy river. He liked to paint night views of temples in Mandalay, the dark blue skies and moonlit buildings adding a sense of mystery and exoticism to these works. In 1936 he spent time painting in Cambodia. An energetic and popular president of the Royal Academy from 1949 to 1954, Kelly was also a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy, exhibiting with the RHA between 1905 and 1969. He received many awards during his lifetime, and was a favourite of the British art establishment, being described by Kenneth Clark as 'the most reliable portrait painter of his time'. Peter Murray, March 2019

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 35
Auktion:
Datum:
29.04.2019
Auktionshaus:
Morgan O'Driscoll
1 Ilen Street
? Skibbereen Co. Cork
Irland
info@morganodriscoll.com
+353 (0)28 22338
+353 (0)28 23601
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