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Letter from Lucy de László to Paul de Laszlo, Correspondence belonging to Christopher de Laszlo - Collection I, 123-0019

Sender: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)

Recipient: Laszlo, Paul Leonardo de (1906 - 1983)
24/03/1927
Letter from Lucy de László to her son Paul from Spain; discussion of church & religion. De László commissioned to paint all six children of Alfonso XIII, British Ambassador [6814] and his daughter [6817]. Met Queen & Queen Mother. All delighted with "Dads quickness & the result"
Letter from Lucy de László to Paul and John de Laszlo, Correspondence belonging to Christopher de Laszlo - Collection I, 123-0020

Sender: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)

Recipient: Laszlo, Paul Leonardo de (1906 - 1983),Laszlo, John Adolphus de (1912 - 1990)
07/04/1927
Letter from Lucy de László to her sons Paul and John from Spain. Court is leaving suddenly–de László must finish work; he longs to do outdoor sketching. Lucy complains about the Spanish. King objected to Don Carlo armour for portrait; artists are very nice to de László
Letter from Lucy de László to Paul de Laszlo, Correspondence belonging to Christopher de Laszlo - Collection I, 123-0021

Sender: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950)

Recipient: Laszlo, Paul Leonardo de (1906 - 1983)
13/04/1927
Letter from Lucy de László to her son Paul from Spain; encloses letter from "Daphne". She and de László stuck in Spain. De László intends to do some sketching. Passage on King's personality comparing him to duc de Gramont and Charles V
Letter from Lucy de László and de László to Paul de Laszlo, Correspondence belonging to Christopher de Laszlo - Collection I, 123-0022

Sender: László, Mrs Philip de [née Lucy Madeleine Guinness] (1870 - 1950),László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)

Recipient: Laszlo, Paul Leonardo de (1906 - 1983)
01/05/1927
Letter from Lucy & de László to their son Paul from Spain. "These are great historic days in dear Dads life I’m living ... He has to pay the tribute of his greatness, everyone wanting to be painted by him!" De László does not want to see Henry (see fn 6 in transcription). Madrid exhibition. Reference to the Meyendorffs. De László says his time in Spain "will account in my life" & that the Prince of Wales & Prince George spent time in his studio at the Palace
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings Jan - April 1929, 099-0024

17/04/1929
Montreal Daily Star. De László is painting the portrait of Frank B. Kellogg, former U.S. Secretary of State, in London [5920].
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings Jan - April 1929, 099-0027

06/04/1929
Daily Mirror. De László has recently returned from Egypt. Discusses the artist's Sitters' Books, which are still extant today, see DLA134-0002 and DLA134-0003.
Miscellaneous Press Cuttings Jan - April 1929, 099-0080

10/02/1929
La Liberté. De László is painting the portrait of the King and Prince Farouk. After this announcement, there follows a biography, mostly of his artistic career and achievements, accompanied by a photograph of de László standing before his portrait of King Umberto III of Italy.
Letter from Léon Bélugou to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0153

Sender: Bélugou, Léon (1865 - 1934)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
15/07/1931
Bélugou wishes to secure an introduction to Louis Wiley for the duc de Guiche who is going to the US on a scientific trip. Mentions Mauclair.
Letter from Léon Bélugou to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0200

Sender: Bélugou, Léon (1865 - 1934)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
05/02/1931
Léon Bélugou introduces Comte André d’Humières to de László.
Letter from de László to Marczell 'Marczi' László, Marczi László Letter Collection 1926-1936, 135-0019

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

Recipient: László, Marczell 'Marczi' (1871 - 1940)
27/11/1933
General family news. Will finish portraits of Lady Illingworth [6968] and Baron d'Erlanger [4341] prior to US trip. Travel plans thereafter to Madeira and Morocco. Painting Paul's wife [10477]. Charity auction [3183]. Reference to genre picture "Ave Maria" [11601]. Forthcoming publications.
Letter from de László to Marczell 'Marczi' László, Marczi László Letter Collection 1926-1936, 135-0022

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

Recipient: László, Marczell 'Marczi' (1871 - 1940)
27/02/1934
Travels plans after Philadelphia: New York; Gibraltar; Morocco. Will paint Pershing in Paris [10242] and see his portraits at the Salon [6164][4019]. Requesting portraits of Pope Leo [4509] and Rampolla [4511] from the Hungarian government for Venice Biennale. Book has been very successful and is everywhere in bookshops in England.
Letter from de László to Marczell 'Marczi' László, Marczi László Letter Collection 1926-1936, 135-0023

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

Recipient: László, Marczell 'Marczi' (1871 - 1940)
27/04/1934
With Merrik Burrell for portrait unveiling [4553]. Prime Minister Gömbös thanked the artist for his gift to the nation [110815]: "you have given further proof of the love and affection that you have always borne for your native country and its history and with which you have never ceased to embrace the values of the Hungarian nation". Venice Biennale & Paris Salon. Desirous of painting his "large canvas". General family news. (Envelope may not be original: dates on postage stamps differ from letter.)
Letter from de László to Marczell 'Marczi' László, Marczi László Letter Collection 1926-1936, 135-0024

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

Recipient: László, Marczell 'Marczi' (1871 - 1940)
16/05/2016
Will travel to Belgium & Paris for commissions and to see the Salon; unveiling of General Pershing's portrait [6888]. Henry's trip to Budapest. Has given Szeréna a copy of a painting from 1918 [10491] and a drawing of their mother. Visit from the Queen of Spain with her mother, Princess Beatrice. Includes press cutting concerning the 1934 De László Medal.
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0020

Sender: Breyer, István

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

The trainee priests of the seminary are proposing to start a periodical. The second issue will be dedicated to the Pope’s Jubilee. They ask de László for his permission to reproduce his portrait of Pope Leo XIII [4509]
B 1899-1916 Private, 002-0046

Sender: Storer, Bellamy (1847-1922)

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

Letter from Bellamy Storer, then United States Ambassador to Austria, thanking de László for the photographs of his portraits of Leo XIII [4509] and Cardinal Rampolla [4511], and asking if he may introduce his son-in-law, the Marquis de Chambrun, to de László
Personal 1924, 015-0019

Sender: Braun & Cie, Paris

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

Postcard from Braun & Cie confirming that carbon prints of Cardinal Rampolla [4511] and Pope Leo XIII [4509] have been sent to Monsignor Stanley in Rome
Letter from Róbert Wellmann to de László, Hungarian & German Letters 1933, 034-0063

Sender: Wellmann, Róbert (1866 - 1946)

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

Wellmann, a Hungarian painter visiting London, wishes to call on de László.
Partial letter from de László to Marczell 'Marczi' László, Marczi László Letter Collection 1926-1936, 135-0072

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

Recipient: László, Marczell 'Marczi' (1871 - 1940)

Partial letter. In September de László & Lucy plan to go to Venice, where his portraits of the Pope [4509] & Rampolla [4509] will be exhibited, and then to Florence. They will then go to Pest incognito; he will bring a sketch for Marczi. Will spend the summer in London, will work on "big canvas." (DLA135-0070, DLA135-0071, DLA135-0072 & DLA135-0073 letters are in the same envelope).