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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.
Letter from László Kézdi-Kovács to de László, Hungarian & German Letters 1930-1931, 032-0021

Sender: Kézdi-Kovács, László (1864 - 1942)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/10/1925
Kézdi-Kovács sends de László a book of verse “The Book of Pain”, written in response to the loss of his (Kézdi-Kovács') son, Lóránt. He thanks de László for his hospitality when his son Elemér visited London.
Letter from László Kézdi-Kovács to de László, Hungarian & German Letters 1930-1931, 032-0022

Sender: Kézdi-Kovács, László (1864 - 1942)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
10/01/1931
Kezdi-Kovács congratulates de László on the marriage of his son, Stephen. The Society of Independent Artists has struck the de László Medal with the artist's portrait. Ripka's portrait [110835] was a great success at the Society of Independent Artists' exhibition.
Letter from László Kézdi-Kovács to de László, Hungarian & German Letters 1930-1931, 032-0023

Sender: Kézdi-Kovács, László (1864 - 1942)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
27/05/1930
Response to de László's questions about the Society of Independent Artists. Kézdi-Kovács explains that the society is in competition neither with the Műcsarnok nor the Nemzeti Szalon. Its aim is to create a community of like-minded artists and to promote national values through the organisation of exhibitions and a show where the László medal would be awarded.
Letter from László Kézdi-Kovács to de László, Hungarian & German Letters 1930-1931, 032-0024

Sender: Kézdi-Kovács, László (1864 - 1942)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
25/08/1930
Reference to de László’s portrait of Lord Rothermere [4759], to be exhibited at the Műcsarnok. De László wants a copy to be made for Rothermere, and Kézdi-Kovács recommends his son Elemér. The de László medal will be awarded at the Society of Independent Artists's autumn exhibition; asks de László if he can send a work for their current show.
Letter from László Kézdi-Kovács to de László, Hungarian & German Letters 1930-1931, 032-0025

Sender: Kézdi-Kovács, László (1864 - 1942)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
17/09/1930
Arrangements for the portrait of Ripka [110835] for the Society of Independent Artists' exhibition (Nemzeti Szalon, October 1930). Issues around an alleged journalist, Káldy, who appears to be an impostor. Thanks de László for a cheque (see DLA032-0026). Eager to see de László's portrait of Lord Rothermere [4759].
Receipt from Gábor Domján, Secretary of the Society of Independent Artists, to de László, Hungarian & German Letters 1930-1931, 032-0026

Sender: Kézdi-Kovács, László (1864 - 1942)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/09/1930
Gábor Domján, Secretary of the Society of Independent Artists, confirms receipt of de László's cheque to President László Kézdi-Kovács for £15 for the de László medal.
Letter from the Principal Private Secretary to the Regent (Horthy) to de László, Hungarian & German Letters 1930-1931, 032-0055

Sender: Horthy de Nagybánya, Admiral Miklós, Regent of Hungary (1868 - 1957)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
06/01/1931
The Principal Private Secretary to the Regent (Horthy) writes to convey the Regent’s thanks for de László and his family’s good wishes for the New Year. His signature is illegible.
Letter from István Gerster to de László, Hungarian & German Letters 1930-1931, 032-0056

Sender: Gerster, István

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
24/09/1930
Gerster thanks de László for a photo of Lord Rothermere’s portrait [4759]. He sent copies of the magazine “Hungary” to Lord Newton and Sir Robert Gower; he offers to send a copy to de László. He is from Óbecse and has seen the artist's The Storyteller [10937], Man Wearing a Fez [111291] and “two beautiful nudes” [possibly 110962]. References to the “Anglo-Hungarian Society”.
Letter from Ferenc Kemény to de László, Hungarian & German Letters 1930-1931, 032-0057

Sender: Kemény, Ferenc (1860 - 1944)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
05/10/1925
Ferenc Kemény, a journalist with Pesti Hirlap, thanks de László for receiving him at Fitzjohn's Avenue. Would de László agree to give the Hungarian publication rights of his memoirs to Pesti Hirlap, and under what conditions? They would like the Hungarian version to appear simultaneously with the English & French publications.
Letter from Oszkár Kallós to de László, Hungarian & German Letters 1930-1931, 032-0058

Sender: Kallós, Oszkár (1874 - 1955)

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

Kallós writes about 15 photographs that de László ordered, and asks for a signed drawing to remember the painter by.
Letter from Jenő Ujházi, President of the Students' Union of the Academy of Fine Arts to de László, Hungarian & German Letters 1930-1931, 032-0059

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
02/03/1930
Jenő Ujházi, President of the Students’ Union of the Academy of Fine Arts, thanks de László for agreeing to become patron of their ball, and for a ₤20 donation that he gave to the students’ mess.