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PruittWrites
PruittWrites
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8 months ago
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A lot of people today recognize Sargent and Sorolla’s talent, but I would personally put Philip de Laszlo right there with them. Here is a watercolor sketch of him.
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Michael
Michael
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10 months ago
Anglo-Hungarian painter Philip Alexius László de Lombos (born László Fülöp Elek and known professionally as Philip de László) had already become a British citizen when he painted this portrait of the elegant leader seated, looking directly at us, wearing a gold and red sari, with drop gold & emerald earrings and matching pearl & emerald necklace and two other gold necklaces around her neck. There exists two preliminary pencil sketch for this portrait. Knowing de László’s methods, it is very likely that the “study of the Maharani of Cooch Behar” which was exhibited at the French Gallery in 1924 was this painting, although it was shown unfinished. Princess Indira Gaekwar of Baroda, born in 1892, was the daughter of the Gaekwar of Baroda. In 1910, at the age eighteen she was engaged to the forty-year-old Maharaja of Scindia of Gwalior, who himself was already married but childless. However in 1911, while attending the Delhi Durbar, she met and fell in love with the younger son of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar and canceled her engagement, despite the fact that the wedding arrangements were already well under way. After much family disapproval, she was finally allowed to marry the Maharaja in 1913. Three weeks after the wedding, upon the death of his elder brother, her husband was crowned Maharaja of Cooch Behar. They had five children – two sons and three daughters – and their lives were divided between Cooch Behar, Calcutta, Darjeeling and England. In 1922, her husband died, leaving her a widow at the age of thirty. The family returned to India where the sitter acted as Regent for her young son, the new Maharaja. Considered one of the most beautiful and best dressed women of her time, she was also a foremost hostess whose house guests at her famous parties and big game shoots included the Viceroy, heads of princely states and glamorous actors. Throughout her life, she was closely involved with the administration and running of Cooch Behar. She passed away in 1968.

Anglo-Hungarian painter Philip Alexius László de Lombos (born László Fülöp Elek and known professionally as Philip de László) had already become a British citizen when he painted this portrait of the elegant leader seated, looking directly at us, wearing a gold and red sari, with drop gold & emerald earrings and matching pearl & emerald necklace and two other gold necklaces around her neck. There exists two preliminary pencil sketch for this portrait. Knowing de László’s methods, it is very likely that the “study of the Maharani of Cooch Behar” which was exhibited at the French Gallery in 1924 was this painting, although it was shown unfinished. Princess Indira Gaekwar of Baroda, born in 1892, was the daughter of the Gaekwar of Baroda. In 1910, at the age eighteen she was engaged to the forty-year-old Maharaja of Scindia of Gwalior, who himself was already married but childless. However in 1911, while attending the Delhi Durbar, she met and fell in love with the younger son of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar and canceled her engagement, despite the fact that the wedding arrangements were already well under way. After much family disapproval, she was finally allowed to marry the Maharaja in 1913. Three weeks after the wedding, upon the death of his elder brother, her husband was crowned Maharaja of Cooch Behar. They had five children – two sons and three daughters – and their lives were divided between Cooch Behar, Calcutta, Darjeeling and England. In 1922, her husband died, leaving her a widow at the age of thirty. The family returned to India where the sitter acted as Regent for her young son, the new Maharaja. Considered one of the most beautiful and best dressed women of her time, she was also a foremost hostess whose house guests at her famous parties and big game shoots included the Viceroy, heads of princely states and glamorous actors. Throughout her life, she was closely involved with the administration and running of Cooch Behar. She passed away in 1968.

“The Maharani of Cooch Behar, née Princess Indira Gaekwar of Baroda” by Philip de László (Hungarian) - Oil on canvas / 1925 #womeninart #art #womensart #portraitofawoman #oilpainting #Maharani #HungarianArtist #IndianArt #PhilipdeLászló #deLászló #László #laszlo #PhilipdeLaszlo #beauty #princess

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