🖌️🎨 Philip Alexius de László (Hungarian/English, 1869-1937) was a Hungarian portrait artist of Hungarian-Jewish descent, who became famous for his numerous portraits of royal families and aristocracy.

 🖌️🎨 Philip Alexius de László (Hungarian/English, 1869-1937) was a Hungarian portrait artist of Hungarian-Jewish descent, who became famous for his numerous portraits of royal families and aristocracy.

Amazing artistic technique and authorial manner, a subtle understanding of the play of light and shadow, an unmistakable recognition of the character, the state of mind hidden in the corners of the eyes and lips of the model being portrayed - these are the aspects that distinguished the works of Philip de László from many other court portraitists who ever created.

Philip Alexius de László was born in 1869 in Budapest in the family of a Jewish weaver Adolf Laub and was the eldest son. In 1891, his family changed the surname Laub to László.

In In his youth, the future artist was fond of photography, and a little later he decided to take up painting seriously and entered the Hungarian National Academy of Arts, where his mentors were the famous artists Bertalan Székely and Károly Lotz. Later, for his successful studies, Philip was awarded a state scholarship to study at the Royal Bavarian Academy in Munich and the Academie Julien in Paris.

Only seven years later, when Lucy's father died, the lovers, who had not seen each other all this time, met again and got married. The wedding took place in Ireland in 1900.

It should be noted that their family union was not only long and happy, but also very promising for the aspiring artist. The spouse's friendly and family ties greatly contributed to her husband's reputation and the receipt of orders from wealthy clients. This, of course, significantly improved the financial situation of their family.

The young couple lived in Budapest for two years, in 1903 Philip and Lucy moved to Vienna, and in 1907 they settled in London. Lucy gave birth to six children for the artist, most of whom later married members of aristocratic families. Despite the fact that the artist traveled around the world a lot to fulfill orders, the capital of foggy Albion became his home for the rest of his life.

And when the leading London portrait artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) retired, his vacant place was taken by the young talented artist Philip de Laszlo. And for almost three decades the artist worked tirelessly, creating his stunning portraits, for which the entire European nobility lined up.

However, unfortunately, the years of painstaking and continuous work left their mark. The maestro's heart attack in 1936 was soon followed by another.

And in the autumn of 1937, at the age of 68, Philip Alexis de Laszlo died in his home in London's Hampstead, where he was buried.

Sources: art.mirtesen; pinterest.