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Postcard from the duchesse de Gramont to de László, Personal Letters from 1st Jan 1936 to 30th June 1937, 024-0172

Sender: Gramont, Duchesse de [née Elaine Hélène de Greffulhe]; wife of 12th duc (1882 - 1958)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
15/05/1937
Maurice Lobre's exhibition at Charpentier is "a triumph". Dr Borenius will take everything away shortly (she was selling items from her parents' estate). Could de László make a sketch of the duchesse de Guise for the comtesse de Villeneuve-Bargemont?
Letter from the duchesse de Gramont to de László, Personal Letters from 1st Jan 1936 to 30th June 1937, 024-0173

Sender: Gramont, Duchesse de [née Elaine Hélène de Greffulhe]; wife of 12th duc (1882 - 1958)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
08/05/1937
Requests more postcards of the King (for a charity auction she was organising). Borenius will visit her in Paris. She thinks the comtesse de Villeneuve-Bargemont would like de László to do a portrait of the duchesse de Guise. Saw Montesquieu’s picture at "B.B."
Letter from Seymour Hicks to de László, Miscellaneous Letters from 1st January 1937 to 30th June 193, 026-0256

Sender: Hicks, Sir (Edward) Seymour (1871 - 1949)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Seymour Hicks will endeavour to achieve £1000 for the artist's blank canvas at auction.
Letter from Seymour Hicks to de László, Miscellaneous Letters from 1st January 1937 to 30th June 193, 026-0257

Sender: Hicks, Sir (Edward) Seymour (1871 - 1949)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Seymour Hicks wishes he could have achieved a higher price for de László's blank canvas at auction.
Letter from Leó Lánczy to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0003

Sender: Lánczy, Leó [né Lazarsfeld] (1852 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
30/09/1913
Lánczy has received the portrait of his wife [9966], after having received that of Baron Forster [11372] in error. He praises the portrait and confirms having paid de László 12,000 crowns as requested.
Letter from Mme Leó Lánczy to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0004

Sender: Lánczy, Madame Leó [née Janka Lázár formerly Lusztig; other married name Madame Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz] (1852 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
16/08/1913
Mme Leó Lánczy thanks de László for the photographs; she is looking forward to seeing the painting [9966].
Letter from Mme Leó Lánczy to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0005

Sender: Lánczy, Madame Leó [née Janka Lázár formerly Lusztig; other married name Madame Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz] (1852 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Request for a meeting.
Letter from Mme Leó Lánczy to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0006

Sender: Lánczy, Madame Leó [née Janka Lázár formerly Lusztig; other married name Madame Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz] (1852 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
02/04/1914
Mme Leó Lánczy has given her consent to lend her portrait [9966] to a spring exhibition; the organisers have not followed up with her.
Letter from Mme Leó Lánczy to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0007

Sender: Lánczy, Madame Leó [née Janka Lázár formerly Lusztig; other married name Madame Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz] (1852 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Mme Leó Lánczy asks de László if he would have the time and disposition to paint her portrait in London in June.
Letter from Mme Leó Lánczy to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0008

Sender: Lánczy, Madame Leó [née Janka Lázár formerly Lusztig; other married name Madame Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz] (1852 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Mme Leó Lánczy thanks de László for the invitation, which she accepts.
Letter from Mme Leó Lánczy to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0009

Sender: Lánczy, Madame Leó [née Janka Lázár formerly Lusztig; other married name Madame Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz] (1852 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/12/1912
Meeting arrangements postponed due to de László’s health. References to impending war.
Letter from Mme Leó Lánczy to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0010

Sender: Lánczy, Madame Leó [née Janka Lázár formerly Lusztig; other married name Madame Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz] (1852 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
10/11/1913
Mme Leó Lánczy has declined the Műcsarnok's request to lend her portrait [9966] to their exhibition. She would, however, be happy to lend it to their Spring Exhibition.
Letter from Mme Leó Lánczy to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0011

Sender: Lánczy, Madame Leó [née Janka Lázár formerly Lusztig; other married name Madame Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz] (1852 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Meeting request.
Letter from Mme Leó Lánczy to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0012

Sender: Lánczy, Madame Leó [née Janka Lázár formerly Lusztig; other married name Madame Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz] (1852 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Mme Leó Lánczy will be in Paris in April; she hopes de László will be able to paint her "much longed-for portrait" [9966] then.
Letter from Mme Leó Lánczy to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0013

Sender: Lánczy, Madame Leó [née Janka Lázár formerly Lusztig; other married name Madame Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz] (1852 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Mme Leó Lánczy thanks de László for sending a magazine with a reproduction of his work.
Letter from Mme Leó Lánczy to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0014

Sender: Lánczy, Madame Leó [née Janka Lázár formerly Lusztig; other married name Madame Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz] (1852 - 1921)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Potential arrangements to meet to paint Mme Leó Lanczy’s portrait [9966], facilitated by Mme Joseph de Fontenay.
Letter from Wilhelm Kestranek to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0086

Sender: Kestranek, Wilhelm 'Vilmos' (1863 - 1925)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
19/10/1910
Kestranek has been ill. Will return home in November. Roosevelt is returning to New York after an exhausting campaign, Kestranek doubts he will have time for him. The picture from Paris has not arrived yet.
Letter from Count Harry Larisch-Moennich to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0140

Sender: Larisch-Moennich, Count Heinrich 'Harry' (1878 - 1952)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Invites de László to come tomorrow for a second breakfast.
Letter from Count Harry Larisch-Moennich to de László, Hungarian & German 1928-1929, 031-0141

Sender: Larisch-Moennich, Count Heinrich 'Harry' (1878 - 1952)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
17/04/1904
Invites de László to lunch on behalf of his parents.
Letter from László Kézdi-Kovács to de László, with an appended note by László Kezdi-Kovács, Hungarian & German Letters 1930-1931, 032-0020

Sender: Szenes, Fülöp (1863 - 1944),Kézdi-Kovács, László (1864 - 1942)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
25/09/1930
Letter from Fülöp Szenes, with an appended note by László Kezdi-Kovács expressing agreement with Szenes. Szenes discusses the formation of a Society of Hungarian Portrait Painters on the initiative of young painters. He disapproves of the conduct of the group, which is allegedly excluding both Szenes and de László as already established, renowned painters. The group is using its influence in the press to pose as the only official representative of contemporary Hungarian art.