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Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0144

08/04/1924
The Dundee Advertiser. A competition held by Dundee Art Society offered prizes to school children for an essay on the works shown at the annual exhibition at the Victoria Art Galleries; Robert Cowan wrote on de László's portrait of Mrs John M. Frazer [4727]
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0145

16/04/1924
The Daily Telegraph. A large number of people (including Lucy and Stephen de László) gathered at Clardige's yesterday in support of the forthcoming Empire Ball. Guests were received by the Duchess of Marlborough. The Ball, in aid of the People's League of Health, will be held at Lord Leverhulme's house in Hampstead on April 30. The prize for the winner of the pageant costume competition will be a portrait painted by de László [13294]
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0146

24/04/1924
The Lady. The Duchess of Marlborough received guests at a tea dance at Claridge's on Tuesday ahead of the Empire Ball at Lord Leverhulme's house in Hampstead on April 30th. The prize for the winner of the pageant costume competition will be a portrait painted by de László [13294] (DLA095-0130 is a partial duplicate of this item)
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0147

Edinburgh Evening Dispatch. Review of the Royal Scottish Academy's exhibition; de László's portrait of Mrs Blackie [13269] praised for the dexterity of its drapery-handling
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0148

18/04/1924
Glasgow Bulletin. Review of the Royal Scottish Academy's 1924 exhibition; de László's portrait of Mrs Blackie [13269] described as undeniably clever, but the author does not believe de László to be a great artist as he thinks his work lacks profundity
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0149

Bradford Daily Argus. At the thirty-first Spring Exhibition at Bradford's Cartwright Hall, de László's portrait of Judge Turner [11385] is considered successful in its "strength and realisation of effect"
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0150

06/03/1924
Yorkshire Post. The 1924 exhibition in Bradford's Cartwright Hall includes de László's "Study of an Arabian Woman" (12), which the reviewer deems "not even clever" and lacking the artist's "usual smartness"
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0151

06/03/1924
The Evening Telegraph. Dundee Art Society's 1924 exhibition includes portraits of J.M. Fraser and Mrs Fraser [4727] of Inverary, new works by Orpen and de László respectively; de László's portrait is deemed by the critic as beautiful, yet it reminds one of a fragile piece of porcelain or a "delectable sweetmeat"
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0152

29/02/1924
Bradford Daily Telegraph. Review of the Bradford 1924 Spring Exhibition at the Cartwright Hall, describing de László's portrait of Judge Turner [11385] as striking
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0153

18/04/1924
Glasgow Evening Times. At the Royal Scottish Academy's 1924 exhibition, de László's "fine study" of Mrs Blackie [13269] is deemed "too well known to call for comment" and "likely to attract much attention in Edinburgh" (partial, duplicate cutting; for the complete article, see DLA095-0163)
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0154

18/04/1924
Dundee Courier. At the Royal Scottish Academy's 1924 exhibition, de László's portrait of Mrs Blackie [13269] is described (alongside a number of other pictures) as a work of "exceptional charm" (for the full text of the article, see DLA095-0171)
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0155

18/04/1924
Edinburgh Evening Dispatch. The critic praises de László's portrait of "Mrs Blackie" [13269], on view at the Royal Scottish Academy's 1924 exhibition, for its "remarkable vitality and dexterity in the rendering of the dress fabrics"
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0156

18/04/1924
Glasgow Herald. The critic describes de László's portrait of "Mrs Blackie" [13269], on view at the Royal Scottish Academy's 1924 exhibition, as "elegant and accomplished, if not distinctive", asking how much it owes to Sargent (for the full text of the article, see DLA095-0170)
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0157

18/04/1924
Glasgow Evening News. The critic notes that de László's portrait of “Mrs Blackie” [13269], on view at the Royal Scottish Academy's 1924 exhibition, is strikingly real yet flattering of the sitter
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0158

12/04/1924
Country Life. Illustration (frontispiece) of de László's portrait of the Countess of Ancaster [6631]
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0159

12/04/1924
Country Life. Illustration (frontispiece) of de László's portrait of the Countess of Ancaster [6631]
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0160

12/04/1924
Country Life. Description of the issue's frontispiece, which is a reproduction of de László'a portrait of the Countess of Ancaster at Grimsthorpe Castle [6631]
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0161

19/04/1924
Daily Express. At the Empire Ball at Lord Leverhulme's home in Hampstead, de László is to paint the portrait of the guest who attends in a costume most representative of the Empire or of one of the Empire's great men or women (this item is a duplicate of DLA095-0062)
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0162

27/04/1924
Sunday Express. Artists such as Ambrose McEvoy, de László, Augustus John and Lynn Jenkins can command higher prices in America than in England
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0163

18/04/1924
Glasgow Evening Times. At the Royal Scottish Academy's 1924 exhibition, de László's "fine study" of Mrs Blackie [13269] is deemed "too well known to call for comment" and "likely to attract much attention in Edinburgh" (DLA095-0153 is a partial, duplicate of this article)