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Letter from Mrs Sándor Bihari to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0008

Sender: Bihari, Mrs Sándor

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
28/12/1906
Requests de László’s permission for her uncle, Antal Illés, to complete a copy of de László’s portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria [7857], originally commissioned by the city of Nagyvárad from her late husband, Sándor Bihari.
Letter from Attila Benedek to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0009

Sender: Benedek, Atilla

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
31/01/1899
Attila Benedek is awaiting a response from The Studio regarding the publication of two pictures; upon his return to Pest next week, he will inform de László if any reply has been received.
Letter from Hugo Reichsritter von Berks to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0010

Sender: Berks, Hugo Reichsritter von (1841 - 1906)

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

Hugo Reichsritter von Berks asks whether de László is the artist who painted the sketch of the “puszta at Petris” hanging at his residence, Reifenstein Castle.
Letter from Samu Boross to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0011

Sender: Boross, Samu

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

Samu Boross sends on Dénes Kovács regards, and asks de László to help Dr Jenő Révész and his wife.
Letter from Aladár Bajza to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0012

Sender: Bajza, Aladár

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
08/03/1910
Aladár Bajza thanks de László for his support, looks forward to meeting Lee, and hopes for a favorable outcome. He offers to show de László a drawing of his.
Letter from Albert Berzeviczy to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0013

Sender: Berzeviczy de Berzevicze et Kakaslomnicz, Albert (1853 - 1936)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
25/01/1904
Letter from Albert Berzeviczy, then Minister of Religion and Education under Count István Tisza, concerning Hungarian artists’ participation in the Berlin Exhibition and their worries that it is hostile to modern art; he requests de László’s opinion on the matter.
Letter from an unidentified sender to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0014

Sender: Indecipherable

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/01/1898
Letter (mostly illegible) in which the sender complains about a delay; signature illegible.
Letter from Ede Balló to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0015

Sender: Balló, Ede (1859 - 1936)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
06/01/1903
Regarding de László's appearance as a potential witness in the case of a double portrait, that the sender, Ede Balló, was commissioned to paint. See DLA002-0016 and DLA002-0022 for further context.
Letter from Ede Balló to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0016

Sender: Balló, Ede (1859 - 1936)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
30/03/1900
The sender suspects that his unhappy patron may ask de László for his opinion on a portrait that he (Balló) painted of his patron's children (see related letters DLA002-0015 and DLA002-022). Praises de László portrait of Chlodwig Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst [4485].
Letter from Professor János Bókay to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0017

Sender: Bókay, Professor János (1858 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/12/1897
János Bókay sends New Year’s greetings and encloses a photograph of himself.
Letter from Professor János Bókay to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0018

Sender: Bókay, Professor János (1858 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
05/01/1898
János Bókay thanks de László for the photograph.
Letter from Professor János Bókay to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0019

Sender: Bókay, Professor János (1858 - 1937)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
15/12/1897
János Bókay invites de László to dinner. Includes a note in another hand.
Letter from István Breyer to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0020

Sender: Breyer, István

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

The seminary’s trainee priests propose to launch a periodical, with the second issue dedicated to the Pope’s Jubilee, and request de László’s permission to reproduce his portrait of Pope Leo XIII [4509].
Letter from Gyula Berényi to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0021

Sender: Berényi, Gyula

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/04/1896
Gyula Berényi thanks de László warmly for his generous Easter gift and assures him of his support; if he is not needed as a model, he is willing to sit for de László’s colleagues on his recommendation.
Letter from Ede Balló to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0022

Sender: Balló, Ede (1859 - 1936)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
15/07/1901
Regarding de László's appearance as a potential witness in the case of a double portrait, that the sender, Ede Balló, was commissioned to paint (See DLA002-0015 and DLA002-022 for further context). Concludes with a line about copying a Rembrandt work.
Letter from Kálmán Benkő to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0023

Sender: Benkő, Kálmán

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
21/02/1906
The Director of the Hungarian National Society of Fine Arts thanks de László for donating his 1905 Venice Exhibition juror honorarium to the Society’s pension and assistance fund.
Letter from Lady Alexandra de Vere Beauclerk to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0024

Sender: Beauclerk, Lady Alexandra 'Alix' de Vere (1878 - 1935)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
25/08/1907
Lady Alexandra de Vere Beauclerk thanks de László for his sketch of her [7013].
Letter from Marie Belloc Lowndes to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0025

Sender: Belloc Lowndes, Mrs Marie Adelaide (1868-1947)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/07/1908
Marie Belloc Lowndes requests reproductions of de László’s portraits for illustration in illustrated periodicals, particularly women’s magazines.
Letter from Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0026

Sender: Bath, Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of (1862 - 1946)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
05/08/1914
Regarding postponement of a meeting.
Letter from Ethel Beddington to de László, B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0027

Sender: Beddington, Mrs Claude [née Frances Ethel Homan-Mulock] (1880 - 1963)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
27/03/1915
Ethel Beddington thanks de László and encloses a cheque in payment for his portrait of her [2427].