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Irish artist Sir John Lavery married his second wife, Hazel Martyn, in 1909. She was a beautiful and artistic young American, with striking good looks and theatrical poise. This splendid and dramatic painting was one of several portraits he painted of her. In 1917, Lavery painted her as The Madonna of the Lakes for St Patrick’s, the church in Belfast where he was christened, and in 1927, as Kathleen ni Houlihan, the personification of Ireland, for the currency of the new Irish State. In this 1926 painting, Hazel stands in front of a fireplace and mirror on mantelpiece. She wears a strapless purple dress with a floral motiff and attached flower at the top. A rich green material trimmed in gold fringe is draped around her as a coat. There is an interesting juxtaposition between the elaborate nature of the green coat and delicate, feminine dress plus her bare shoulders and exposed neck. Hazel looks beautiful, but somewhat lost among her opulent surroundings, and capturing his wife lost in thought and looking slightly vulnerable, despite her finery, suggests the depth of the relationship between the artist and the sitter. In its original form, where Hazel’s arms and shoulders were bare without the coat, the painting was used as an advertisement for Pond’s Cream, which Lady Lavery herself endorsed. She was very happy for the finished painting to be given to the Belfast Art Gallery (now the Ulster Museum) in 1929, saying “it is to my thinking the best one of me he has ever painted.” Born in Belfast, Lavery was orphaned early in his life. He was sent to Scotland in 1866 and began his career in Glasgow, working in a photography studio and making art in his spare time. He progressed quickly as a painter and during the 1880s he visited Paris and the artists’ colony at Grez-sur-Loing, near Fontainebleau, where he painted several significant works. By 1910, he had become an artist of international renown and by the 1930s had collected many accolades and titles like “sir.”
The Green Coat by Sir John Lavery (Irish) - Oil on canvas / 1926 - Ulster Museum (Belfast, Ireland) #womeninart #art #oilpainting #SirJohnLavery #JohnLavery #Lavery #womensart #portraitofawoman #UlsterMuseum #IrishArtist #BelfastMuseum #artwork #IrishArt #fashion #fineart #oiloncanvas #artoftheday
In 1910, the editor of the Illustrated London News commissioned Lavery to paint a portrait of the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, to advertise her second season at the Palace Theatre. Lavery accepted the request with the stipulation that Pavlova would provide “a reasonable number of sittings and some kind of understanding that appointments would be kept.” Pavlova modeled for Lavery regularly during her time in London. These appointments resulted in the portrait for Illustrated London News, in addition to two full-length painted portraits of Pavlova in her role as Bacchante, including this one here. The second is in the collection of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, Scotland. The beautiful Anna appears in a dynamic dance pose, her dress billowing around her, against a dark background. Her body is angled diagonally and portrayed in mid-motion, her arms outstretched, and legs lifted in a graceful leap. The overall impression is one of movement and energy. The background is a dark, neutral tone that serves to highlight the dancer's life and vitality. The paint application creates a sense of depth and atmosphere. Irish artist Sir John Lavery was best known for his portraiture. In the 1870s, he attended classes at the Haldane Academy of Art while he worked for a Glasgow photographer, retouching photographs. In 1879, he moved to London and took painting classes at Hetherley’s School, where he painted costume models and learned the art of producing marketable backgrounds. Lavery traveled to Paris in 1888, studied at the Académie Julian, and worked alongside international artists. There, his work gained recognition, and by 1888 he was awarded the opportunity to paint Queen Victoria's visit to the International Exhibition in Glasgow during the year of her jubilee. This commission propelled his career and solidified his standing as a distinguished portrait painter.
Anna Pavlova as a Bacchante by Sir John Lavery (Irish) - Oil on canvas / 1910 - Rollins Museum of Art (Winter Park, Florida) #womensart #art #oilpainting #JohnLavery #artwork #fineart #womensart #RollinsMuseumofArt #lavery #AnnaPavlova #portraitofawoman #dancer #IrishArtist #DanceArt #joy #bskyart
