SIR JOHN LAVERY RA RSA RHA (IRISH 1856 - 1941),
THE GARLANDED BALLERINA
oil on canvas, signed and dated '96
61cm x 33cm
Framed
Provenance: Sale; Christie's, Glasgow, 20 May 1987, lot 222.
Sale; de Veres, Dublin, 11 June 1996, lot 69.
Private Collection, from whom acquired by the present owner in the early 2000s.
Private Collection, Ireland.
Note: Sir John Lavery was an artist widely associated with the Glasgow Boys movement (1880-1900), with whom he shared an interest in subjects from modern life. He enjoyed great success after his move to London in 1896, where he combined his talents as a portrait painter with an interest in contemporary events. The painting offered here was executed in his first year in London (1896) and it is likely that Lavery attended his first major ballet in this period and was to form a lifelong fascination with the subject. This is clearly demonstrated in the highly acclaimed painting of the Ballerina Anna Pavlova (1911) held in the collection of The Kelvingrove Museum.