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Portrait of a young Chinese girl (1936).

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This self portrait is considered one of Jagger's greatest works. David Jagger (1891–1958) was an acclaimed and prolific English portrait painter. He was renowned for his commissioned portraits of London's high society and British aristocracy. Notable portraits include those of Robert Baden-Powell (1929), Queen Mary (1930 and 1932), King George VI (1937), Winston Churchill (1939), Vivien Leigh (1941) and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1958). – Wikipedia

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#DavidJagger (British/English, 1891 - 1958) • Self-Portrait • 1928 (see ALT text)
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Portrait of #MaryofTeck (1867-1953), Queen of the United Kingdom, who was #BornOnThisDay
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'Retrato de Vivien St. George' (1928)
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David Jagger did not serve, possibly on the grounds of ill health, which seems to have been a source of some tension between him and is brother, who did. The Military Service Act, which came into force on March 2nd, 1916, introduced conscription to the UK with those who appealed against active duty facing locally established tribunals whose job was to decide between 'conscience or cowardice'. During the first six months of the Act more than 750,000 cases were heard by tribunals with only a small number recognised as 'legitimate'. Indeed, the anonymous sitter in the present work would have been one of only 16,000 conscientious objectors registered from March of 1916 to the end of the war. These civilians were allocated alternative service of 'national importance' which was primarily unarmed duties in the Non-Combatant Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps or labour such as farm or factory work. Conscientious objectors were often shamed, perhaps best illustrated by the white feather that was issued to men not in uniform and organisations such as the No-Conscription Fellowship sought wider pacifism with prominent individual such as Bertrand Russell and Ramsay MacDonald supporting it. The determination in the face of the sitter in the present work cannot be disputed as he stares intently at us the viewer, alone in the darkness, steadfast in his belief and comitted to his cause (for whatever reason). Painted in 1917 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in that year (the artist's first appearance at the institution), one can imagine the interrogation he might have faced in front of a tribunal and the resolve with which he would have needed to maintain. Despite his situation, Jagger has created a stylish portrait with a striking use of light which appears both characterful and evocative. It is a searching picture which whilst serious is at the same time finished with a degree of flamboyance and theatre which Jagger often incorporated into his portraiture.

David Jagger, R.O.I. (British/English, 1891-1958) • The Conscientious Objector • 1917 (see ALT text) #art #arthistory #BritishArt #Early20thCenturyArt #DavidJagger #painting #oilpainting #WarTimeArt #BritishHistory #portrait #20thCenturyArt

Although the sitter in this vivid portrait by English society portraitist David Jagger is at present unknown, her hair style and clothing suggests she was perfectly au fait with the latest 1930s fashions, as exemplified in contemporary popular cinema and theater. Indeed the sitter, whose anonymity adds to her mystique, looks not dissimilar to the American-Chinese actress Anna May Wong, and just as the origins of today’s fashions can be traced to prominent celebrities, this hair style – a jet-black bob with a heavy fringe – is most commonly associated in the public imagination with Wong. When exhibited at Bankfield Museum in Halifax in August 1939, the local press reviewed the portrait with great admiration, commenting on the ‘smooth skin textures’ and the bold color scheme of reds, greens and blacks. Combining glamorous realism with energetic artistic force, Jagger depicts a quite astonishingly beautiful young woman -- the perfect shape of her rouged lips, the arching penciled brows, her hair sleekly bobbed. And then her sheer physical beauty: the refined and elegant bone structure, the softness of her skin, the depth of her gaze. The simplicity and directness of the pose - and the tension in the line of her brow - are elements that help give the portrait immense power only matched in intensity by the ravishing colors. This portrait was exhibited in the touring exhibition "The Art of the Jagger Family" from 1939 to 1940, which was devoted to the work of David, his sister Edith and that of their late brother, Charles Sargeant Jagger. Interestingly, a photograph formerly in the family’s possession, shows David and a lady (likely Edith), seated in front of a selection of works chosen for the exhibition including this stunning portrait. Creating simple, but elegant art made the reclusive Jagger one of the most highly regarded society portraitists in London with an illustrious set of patrons, including Queen Mary and the actress Vivien Leigh.

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Self Portrait, (1928)

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David Jagger (English, 1891 - 1958)
Olga, 1936

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