6976

Baron Bruno Schröder 1926

Standing three-quarter length to the left and looking to the right, wearing a dark frock coat and waistcoat wing collar and black tie, his right hand across his waistcoat, his left resting on the papers on the desk

Oil on canvas, 169 x 117 cm (66 ½ x 46 in.)

Laib L14936 (410) / C24 (15): Baron Schroder

NPG 1925-27 Album, f. 21

Sitters’ Book II, f. 50: Bruno Schroder Oct. 13th [1926]^[1] 

Private Collection

De László had previously painted Baron Bruno in 1911 [6945] and again in 1917 [6972], when he also made a portrait bust of him [6978], later cast in bronze [7028]. It would seem that the present portrait was commissioned especially for the family bank J. Henry Schröder & Co. in 1926, the year that Baron Bruno’s son, Helmut, became a partner. Although remaining senior partner, from then on Baron Bruno played a less active role in the activities of the firm.

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [6945].

LITERATURE:        

•Richard Roberts, Schroders: Merchants and Bankers, Macmillan 1992, ill. pl. 53 between pp. 232-233

•Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, C.A. Starke Verlag, Limburg, 1997, vol. 205, ill. p. 569

•DLA123-0395, letter from Lucy de László to Paul de Laszlo, 19 October 1926

•DLA123-0396, letter from Lucy de László to Paul de Laszlo, 21 October 1926

CWS 2008