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Letter from John Robertson to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0208

Sender: Robertson, John (1862-1943)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
01/10/1932
Report of de László's exhibition in Dundee (Victoria Art Galleries, 1932).
Letter from de László to Walter Runciman, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0219

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

Recipient: Runciman of Doxford, Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount (1870 - 1949)
22/11/1932
De László suggests Runciman might wish to bid on a "blank canvas" at a forthcoming charity auction and have his father's portrait painted.
Letter from John Robertson to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0221

Sender: Robertson, John (1862-1943)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
20/10/1932
Report on the exhibition (Dundee, 1932) to be arranged. Catalogues have been sent. Commission of Countess of Airlie's portrait [2203].
Letter from John Robertson to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0222

Sender: Robertson, John (1862-1943)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
10/10/1932
Arrangements for a reception which will include the Dowager Countess of Airlie and possibly the Duchesses of Sutherland and Devonshire. Received the enclosed letter from Mrs Buchanan for de László. Much interest in the exhibition still (Dundee, 1932).
Letter from Oakley Williams to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0237

Sender: Williams, Oakley

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
02/09/1932
Williams will call on de László; he will ask the young artist, Charles Young, to call on the same day.
Letter from de László to Arthur G. Ferard, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0241

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

Recipient: Ferard, Arthur George (1858-1943)
21/11/1932
De László has promised to paint a portrait on a blank canvas [5012] to be auctioned for charity on 8 December 1932. The canvas will be kit-cat size, bearing his signature and in a good frame.
Letter from Arthur G. Ferard to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0242

Sender: Ferard, Arthur George (1858-1943)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
19/11/1932
Arthur G. Ferard, Chairman of the Victoria Hospital for Children, thanks de László for promising to paint a portrait on a blank canvas [5012] to be auctioned for charity by Seymour Hicks on 8 December 1932.
Letter from de László to Mrs Alfhild Guinness, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0244

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

Recipient: Guinness, Mrs H. Samuel [née Alfhild Holter] (1890 - 1983)
21/11/1932
Concerning his agreement to donate a blank canvas to be auctioned for charity [5012]. Received a thank you letter from Arthur G. Ferard.
Letter from the duchesse de Gramont to de László, Letters Personal 1934 A to M 1935, 022-0305

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

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
10/07/1934
Congratulates de László on the birth of his grandson, Philip. Outlines travel plans. Notes the death of the Duke of Marlborough must have come as a surprise to de László.
Letter from the duc de Gramont to de László, Letters Personal 1934 A to M 1935, 022-0314

Sender: Gramont, Antoine XII-Armand, 12th duc de; styled duc de Guiche (1879 - 1962)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/05/1934
Impressions of the Paris Salon; de László's portraits [6164][4019] are hung well; regrets the artist did not send the portrait of Sir Thomas Horridge [5657]. Reference to Pierre Lyautey. The Queen of Belgian wants de László to paint a posthumous portrait of the late King [7867].
Letter from Baron Frigyes Harkányi to de László, Hungarian Letters 1937, 038-0107

Sender: Harkányi, Baron Frigyes (1826 - 1919)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
04/10/1912
Harkányi requests a Hungarian/German translation of the Duke of Portland's letter to Van Dyck for Andor Kozma.
Invitation from Archduke Ludwig Viktor, Royal Court, 042-0060

Sender: Wimpffen, Baron Franz Von (1829-1922),Austria, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of (1842 - 1919)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
20/04/1899
Invitation from Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, youngest brother of the Emperor Franz Joseph, to de László
Letter from Prince Otto zu Sayn-Wittgenstein to de László, G 1895-1914 Portraits, 068-0086

Sender: Sayn-Wittgenstein, Prince Otto zu (1842 - 1911)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/03/1898
Arrangements for Carl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach to visit de László's studio.
Letters 0000 Press, 091-0013

18/04/1898
Országos Hírlap. De László, who achieved great success at the Berlin exhibition, recently completed a portrait of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar in Mainz [10512]; the Grand Duke decorated de László with the Order of White Falcon
Letters 0000 Press, 091-0014

Press cutting from an unidentified publication. "Hungarian artist triumphs in Germany". Exhibition of de László's pictures in Berlin at the request of the Dowager Empress of Germany; Werner has publicly expressed his admiration for him; Prince Ratibor intends to have his family painted by de László; the Grand Duke of Weimar has invited him to court, with a view to producing a portrait [10512]
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0014

Unidentified publication. Short article on Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich, "the hope of Czarist Russia," who leads the Pan-Russia movement for the overthrow of the Soviets
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0132

17/04/1924
The Star. De László has been busy of late working on several portraits including one of Lady Frances Gresley [9916]. Article includes a very brief description of the artist's home ("very charming", "full of beautiful things") and a two-line biography
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0133

17/04/1924
The Westminster Gazette. Sir Robert and Lady Frances Gresley have been sitting to de László during their stay in London [12907][9916]
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1924, 095-0166

Unidentified publication. De László sat next to Prince Pierre of Monaco at an official lunch hosted by Prince Louis
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings 1925, 096-0100

05/09/1925
The Westminster Gazette. Announcement of Lady Joan Fitzwilliam's engagement to Captain G. P. Philipps; her portrait by de László at Wentworth Woodhouse [111869] is much admired. DLA096-0147 is a duplicate of this item.