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Letter from Louis Wiley to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0012

Sender: Wiley, Louis (1869 - 1935)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
20/01/1930
Louis Wiley has received an autographed photograph of de László from the artist's son: "I highly prize it as I do your friendship", Wiley writes
Letter from de László to Princess Otto zu Windisch-Grätz, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0013

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

Recipient: Windisch-Grätz, Princess Otto zu [née Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria] (1883 - 1963)
28/03/1930
De László thanks Princess Otto zu Windisch-Grätz for her letter congratulating him on his election to President of the Royal Society of British Artists; he will see her at the opening ceremony of the RBA's exhibition
Letter from de László to Ethel Tweedie, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0017

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

Recipient: Tweedie, Mrs Alec [née Ethel Brilliana Harley] (1862 - 1940)
17/05/1930
De László is unable to give Ethel Tweedie financial assistance towards an imperial pageant she is organising; he hopes to see her at the Royal Society of British Artists' soirée on 22 May (1930)
Letter from Ethel Tweedie to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0018

Sender: Tweedie, Mrs Alec [née Ethel Brilliana Harley] (1862 - 1940)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
15/05/1930
Ethel Tweedie asks de László for financial assistance towards an imperial pageant she is organising
Synopsis of an imperial pageant "Heart of Empire", Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0019

Sender: Tweedie, Mrs Alec [née Ethel Brilliana Harley] (1862 - 1940)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
15/05/1930
Synopsis of an imperial pageant "Heart of Empire" being organised by Ethel Tweedie to coincide with the Imperial Conference of October 1930
Letter from de László to James Speyer, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0020

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

Recipient: Speyer, James Joseph (1861 - 1941)
18/05/1930
De László thanks James Speyer for his letter of 14 April [1930]. Gives brief account of past few weeks spent between London and Paris; outlines future travel plans. Mentions the Ochs were recent sitters [6480][6486]. Thanks him for receiving his son, Paul
Letter from de László to James Speyer, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0021

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

Recipient: Speyer, James Joseph (1861 - 1941)
10/05/1930
De László thanks James Speyer for his letters; unfortunately must postpone America trip to November. Has finished the Ochs' portraits today [6480][6486]; gave them a reception last night. Looks forward to seeing Speyer in London in the autumn
Letter from James Speyer to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0022

Sender: Speyer, James Joseph (1861 - 1941)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
29/04/1930
James Speyer thanks de László for his letter; disappointed not to see the artist in America this spring but hopes to see him in London in the fall
Letter from de László to Captain Mowbray Lees Sant, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0023

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

Recipient: Sant, Captain Mowbray Lees (1863-1943)
10/04/1930
De László was sorry not to see Captain Mowbray Lees Sant at the Royal Society of British Artists' private view; looks forward to seeing Sant's father's works; recalls their time together in Costebelle fondly
Letter from Captain Mowbray Lees Sant to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0024

Sender: Sant, Captain Mowbray Lees (1863-1943)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
29/03/1930
Captain Mowbray Lees Sant regrets he and his wife are unable to attend the private view; anxious to show his father's pictures to de László
Letter from de László to Vilmos Ruttkay de Ruttka, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0025

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

Recipient: Ruttkay de Ruttka, Vilmos (1869)
20/05/1930
De László apologises to Vilmos Ruttkay de Ruttka for the delayed reply–busy as President of RBA; sorry not to meet in Rome–went to Barcelona to receive International Exhibition's Grand Prix; sends thanks for portrait drawing; promises to provide intro for Dante Ricci to an art dealer; prefers Florence to Rome & refers to his portrait at Uffizi [9724]; recent "At Home" with Budapest choir; pictures at Paris Salon [6118][13322] and Venice Biennale [7890][6875] (DLA019-0025 & DLA019-0026 were previously partial items that have now been merged into DLA019-0025, AD 12/05/23)
Letter from Vilmos Ruttkay de Ruttka to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0027

Sender: Ruttkay de Ruttka, Vilmos (1869)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/05/1930
Vilmos Ruttkay de Ruttka describes his friend Dante Ricci’s work and asks de Lászlό if he might provide an introduction for the artist to a fine art dealer
Letter from John Robertson to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0028

Sender: Robertson, John (1862-1943)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
16/04/1930
John Robertson congratulates de László on his appointment as President of the RBA. Mentions the recent death of Lord Dewar, who was looking forward to sitting to de László. Robertson will hold an exhibition in Hull, and asks if he should send an invite/catalogue to any of de László's friends
Letter from de László to J. Wilson Taylor, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0029

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

Recipient: Wilson Taylor, Sir John
10/05/1930
De László is very pleased to have been elected a member of the Pilgrims Society, and returns a banker's order
Letter from J. Wilson Taylor to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0030

Sender: Wilson Taylor, Sir John

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
07/05/1930
Letter from J. Wilson Taylor to de László confirming the artist's election as a member of the Pilgrims
Letter from de László to J. Arthur Barratt, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0031

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

Recipient: Barratt, John Arthur (1857-1944)
22/05/1930
De László hopes to see J. Arthur Barratt at the RBA soirée; thanks Barratt for arranging to have him elected a "Pilgrim", and hopes "to be of some use to Anglo-American relations"
Letter from J. Arthur Barratt to Frederick Carleton Chamberlin, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0032

Sender: Barratt, John Arthur (1857-1944)

Recipient: Chamberlin, Frederick Carleton (1870 - 1943),László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
09/05/1930
Letter from J. Arthur Barratt to Frederick Carleton Chamberlin confirming de László's election as a member of the Pilgrims. Includes annotation across the top margin: "Dear László: – You are a Pilgrim! So glad"
Letter from de László to Sigmund Münz, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0033

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

Recipient: Münz, Sigmund (1859 - 1934)
02/01/1930
Letter from de László to Sigmund Münz largely concerning family news & travel plans. Refers to Münz's meeting with Mrs Hirsch [110526] & her "Mephisto-like husband" [110525]. Can Münz speak to the Consul General in Vienna to help obtain an American visa for Stephen? Will go to Rome to do some studies; intends to reduce portraiture so as to work on large picture he has been planning since the war's end. Mentions portraits of Marechal Lyautey [6118] and Lord Scarbrough [7122]. Depressing news from homeland—his brother is unwell; impoverished Hungary being forced to pay war indemnity
Letter from Cuthbert Powell Minnigerode to de László, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0036

Sender: Minnigerode, Cuthbert Powell (1876 - 1951)

Recipient: László, Philip Alexius de (1869 - 1937)
20/05/1930
C. Powell Minnigerode thanks de László for the reproduction of his portrait of King Fouad I of Egypt
Letter from de László to Cuthbert Powell Minnigerode, Supplementary Arranged by Years Only 1930-1932, 019-0037

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

Recipient: Minnigerode, Cuthbert Powell (1876 - 1951)
10/05/1930
De László writes to C. Powell Minnigerode about his election as President of the RBA; Grand Prix at the Barcelona exhibition; RBA's invitation from American Federation of Arts to send watercolours to an exh in Washington–will Minnigerode arrange with Miss Mechlin for some to be shown at the Corcoran Gallery; travel plans to America; success at Paris salon with portraits [6118][6875]; mentions portraits of the Ochs [6480][6486]; King Fouad [4094][4099][110671][113256] & Prince Farouk [4122]; William Cooper Procter [111048]; will paint portrait of the Cincinnati Museum's President