Philip Alexius de László

The family took the name Laszlo in 1891. After 1912, when Philip Laszlo was enobled by the Emperor Franz Joseph, he became known as Philip de Laszlo. His family was a humble one. He was the eldest son of a family of nine, of whom only five children servived.

Photograph of Philip taken from photographs of his own self portraits.

Philip Alexius de László (30 April 1869 Budapest - 22 November 1937 London)[1] was a Hungarian painter known particularly for his portraits of royal and aristocratic personages.

Early life:

László was born in Budapest as Laub Fülöp Elek (Hungarian style with the surname first), the eldest son of a Jewish tailor. The family changed its name to László in 1891.

As a young man, László apprenticed to a photographer while studying art, eventually earning a place at the National Academy of Art, where he studied under Bertalan Székely and Károly Lotz. He followed this with studies in Munich and Paris. László's portrait of Pope Leo XIII earned him a Grand Gold Medal at the Paris International Exhibition in 1900.

In 1903 László moved from Budapest to Vienna. In 1907 he moved to England. He remained based in London for the rest of his life while traveling the world to fulfill commissions.

Later life:

László's patrons awarded him numerous honors and medals. In 1909 he was named an honorary Member of the Royal Victorian Order by King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. In 1912 he was ennobled by King Franz Joseph of Hungary; his surname became "László de Lombos". The family later shortened the name to "de László".

László became a British citizen in 1914 but was interned for over twelve months in 1917 and 1918 during the First World War.[2]

László suffered a heart attack in 1936. The following year he had another heart attack and died at his home in Hampstead, near London.

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Gallery:

In the Hofbräuhaus in Munich, 1892

Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect, 1894

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, before 1898

Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1908

Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, 1912

Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (mother of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco)

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Mom, 1925

Princess Elizabeth of York at the age of seven, 1933

Marriage and family:

In 1900 László married Lucy Madeleine Guinness, a member of the wealthy and well-connected Guinness family. They had first met in Munich in 1892, but for some years had been forbidden to see each other. Lucy de László's connections almost certainly brought her husband new commissions. They had six children (Photograph of László with his wife and sons):

a daughter (born and died 1903, Budapest).[3]

Henry de László

Stephen Philip de László (died 7 January 1939); married Edith Alexandra Diana von Versen (died 30 December 1938)

Paul de László; married Josephine

Christopher Paul de László; married April 1967 Helen Genia Arntzen (born Gerling)

Jane Marie de László; married 1966 William Haywood Ruffin

Patrick David de László (died October 1980); married 1stly Deborah Greenwood (died 11 November 1980; daughter of Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood); married 2ndly 1977 Pamela Newall, Baroness Sharples (born 1923) as her second husband. Patrick and Deborah had issue:

Damon Patrick de László married 1972 Sandra Daphne Hacking (daughter of Douglas Eric Hacking, 2nd Baron Hacking)

Lucy Deborah de László (born 1975)

Stephanie Gay de László married 1978 Roger Stanley Williams

Clemency Lucy Williams (born 1979)

Aidan Paul Hammar Williams (born 1981)

Octavia Julian Williams (born 1983)

Charmian de László

Meriel de László

John Adolphus de László (died 1990) married ca. 1954 (divorced ca. 1977) Rosemary Townsend, nee Pawle (died 2004) as her second husband.

Piers de László

Charlotte de László; married Watkins

Martin Richard de László (son of Peggy Hennessy); married 1966 Mary Gwendolen Freeman (granddaughter of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk)

László had seventeen grandchildren.[4]

People painted:

People painted by László include the following:

Anny Ahlers[5] (1933) photo

Count Albert Apponyi (1897)

Mary Arbuthnot

Lady Pamela Peto

Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (1896)

Arthur Balfour[6]

Count Leopold Berchtold (1907)

Sir Henry Birchenough

Lady Brocket[6]

Sire Ernest Cassel (1900)

Count and Countess Jean de Castellane (1899) photo

Lady Castlereagh[5]

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland[6]

Sir Austen Chamberlain (1920)

Charles Clare[6]

Elisabeth, Duchess of Clermont-Tonnerre (1902) photo

Calvin Coolidge photo

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston[6] (when Earl Curzon of Kedleston)

Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury[6] (1926) photo

Sir Alfred East[6]

William II, German Emperor[6] (1908) photo; (1910) photo

Mrs Archie Graham (born Dorothy Shuttleworth)[6]

The Duke and Duchesss of Gramont (1902) photo

Corisade de Gramont (1902) photo

Prince Andrew of Greece (1913)

Princess Andrew of Greece (born Princess Alice of Battenberg) (1907) photo

King Constantine I of Greece[6]

Princess Nicholas of Greece (born Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia)[6]

Queen Olga of Greece (1914)

The Archimandrite Gregorius[5] (1894)

Daniela Grunelius[5]

Lucy Guinness (later his wife)[6]

Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst[5] (1899)

Pope Innocent X[6]

Joseph Joachim[6]

Hudson Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport[6] (1914)

Arnold Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle[6]

Jan Kubelik[6]

Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury[6] (1932) photo

Johnny de László (his youngest son) photo

Philip de László

Stephen and Paul de László (his sons, 1910), photo

Johanna Laub[5] (his mother, 1914)

Pope Leo XIII[5] (1900) photo

James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater[6]

Mrs Geoffrey Luttrell[5]

James Robert Dundas McEwen (1915) photo

Mary Frances Dundas McEwen (1913/14) photo

Andrew W. Mellon (1931) photo

Baroness Conrad de Meyendorff (born Nadine Vladimimova Louguinine)[6]

Lord and Lady Minto[5]

Princess Charlotte of Monaco photo

Prince Louis II of Monaco photo

Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924 when Lady Louis Mountbatten) photo

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven[6] (1910 when Prince Louis of Battenberg)

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1925 when Lord Louis Mountbatten) photo

William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne[6]

Joseph Ferguson Peacocke, Archbishop of Dublin (1908) photo

Cardinal Mariano Rampolla (1900)

Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts[6]

Queen Marie of Romania (1924) photo; (1936) photo; (1936) photo

Theodore Roosevelt (1910) photo

Vita Sackville-West[6] (1910)

Mrs George Owen Sandys (born Dulcie Redford)[6]

Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1898)

King Alfonso XIII of Spain (1927) photo

Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain (1910) photo; (1913) photo; (1920) photophoto; (1925); (1927) photophoto

Queen Louise of Sweden (1907 when Princess Louise of Battenberg) photo

Desmond Trouton[6]

Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom[6]

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Countess of Athlone (1929) photo

Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1937)

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom[6]

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother[6] (1925 when Duchess of York) photo; (1931 when Duchess of York) photo; (1931 when Duchess of York) photo

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (when Princess Elizabeth of York)[6] (1933) photo

King George VI of the United Kingdom (1931 when Duke of York) photo

Prince George of the United Kingdom, Duke of Kent (1934) photo

Princess Louise of the United Kingdom, Duchess of Argyll[6] (1915)

Princess Marina of the United Kingdom, Duchess of Kent[5] (1934) photo; (1934) photo

Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry[6]

Lady Wantage[5]

Ignaz Wechselmann (1894) photo

Sándor Wekerle (1896)

Lady Wernher[6]