DLA089-0115  Partial transcription

‘PORTRAIT PAINTERS. Exhibition of Over 200 Works At the Grosvenor Gallery’, Newcastle Chronicle, 13 March 1915

An extremely interesting collection of portraits has been got together at the Grosvenor Gallery, says our London correspondent, and it will be opened to the public on Monday. It comprises more than 200 works, mostly in oils, though a number of drawings in water-colour, chalk, and pastel have good positions in the entrance corridor.

A score of well-known artists—foreign as well as British— are represented [...]

For mastery of expression and clearness of flesh tints, however, there is nothing finer than the work of Mr. Philip de Laszlo. “The Dowager Lady Leconfield,” a sister of Lord Rosebery, is a really delightful production [6019]. She is depicted in a black dress, with some marvellously painted lace work, and could scarcely look more gracious or tender. “Sir Philip Sassoon” [6526] is also a clever depiction and shows still another member of the legislature who has donned khaki.

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… while “Elinor Glynn [sic],” by Mr. De Laszlo [5361] … all possess peculiarities in colour or pose that are certain to provoke discussion.

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