Sir John Lavery RA, RHA
Born 26 March 1856 (Circa)
Died 10 January 1941
Active: 1880 - 1941
Country of birth and death: Ireland
Painter
Born in Belfast. Died at at Rossenarra House, Kilkenny, Ireland. Lived in the USA after the death of his wife in 1935 but retained his connections to Ireland.
Works
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Donor of Sir John Lavery, RA, RHA, RSA, RP
1931
donated to Ulster Museum to accompany own collection of paintings donated previous year
Commissioned Sir John Lavery, RA, RHA, RSA, RP
1925 (Circa)
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
26 January 1911 - 1 March 1921
Elected RA in 1921.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
1 March 1921 - 1 January 1932
Then became Senoir RA until his death in 1941.
Elected RHA Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1920 - 1938 (Circa)
Professional member of Aberdeen Artists' Society
1935 (Circa)
p. 12
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominator of William Kellock Brown
1898
Nominator of Sophia Rosamond Praeger
1920
In 1920 newly elected president of The Belfast Art Society, John Lavery, nominated 10 new members, including 3 women.
Nominator of Dorothy B. Scott
1920
In 1920 newly elected president of The Belfast Art Society, John Lavery, nominated 10 new members, including 3 women.
Nominator of Jacob Epstein
19 May 1925
For RA; unsuccessful.
Sources
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Twenty-Third Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1935
November 1935
p. 12
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1906-1927
1927
p.232.
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Eighth Exhibition, 1927
1927
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Fifth Exhibition, 1924
1924
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Fourth Exhibition, 1923
1923
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Ninth Exhibition, 1928
1928
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Second Exhibition, 1921
1921
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Seventh Exhibition, 1926
1926
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Sixth Exhibition, 1925
1925
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Third Exhibition, 1922
1922
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Eighth Exhibition, 1937
1937
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Fifth Exhibition, 1934
1934
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and First Exhibition, 1930
1930
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Fourth Exhibition, 1933
1933
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Ninth Exhibition, 1938
1938
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Second Exhibition, 1931
1931
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Sixth Exhibition, 1935
1935
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Third Exhibition, 1932
1932
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundredth Exhibition, 1929
1929
Citing this record
'Sir John Lavery RA, RHA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1215687672, accessed 04 Jun 2020]
