Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

George Dunlop Leslie was an British genre painter, author and illustrator. Leslie was born into an artistic family, his father was the notable genre painter Charles Robert Leslie RA, and his uncle Robert Leslie was a marine artist. He studied art first at Cary's Art Academy, then from 1854 at the Royal Academy.

Philip Hermogenes Calderon 1833-1898 Engeland

George Dunlop Leslie was an British genre painter, author and illustrator. Leslie was born into an artistic family, his father was the notable genre painter Charles Robert Leslie RA, and his uncle Robert Leslie was a marine artist. He studied art first at Cary's Art Academy, then from 1854 at the Royal Academy.

Sir William Orpen 1878-1931 Ierland

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

Walter Ernest Webster (1878-1959) was a British Impressionist - figurative, portrait and still life painter in oil who exhibited at all the major British art institutions. Webster was born in Manchester and studied at the Royal College of Art and Royal Academy Schools.

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

William Quiller Orchardson 1832-1910 Schotland

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

In her private life as well as in her art, Laura's love for everything Dutch was conspicuous. This is nowhere more obvious than in The Persistent Reader, where the figures are pictured in a stylised 17th Century Dutch interior wearing period costumes. The cropped composition, the windowed light source, as well as the saturated colours are reminiscent of Johannes Vermeer, whose paintings Laura had studied on her trips to Holland. The artist's masterful use of light and texture can be observed in the reflections on the chandelier, the luxurious sheen of the lady's satin dress and the opulent whites of the reader's collar, cuffs and pages of the open book. Alma-Tadema's use of intense colour is particularly notable in the crimson red on the fore-edge of the reader's book that draws the viewer into the picture as the reader is to his studies. The young man appears to be more engrossed in his book than in the visit of the charming young lady, to her visible ennui. [Bonhams, New York - Oil on panel, 58.5 x 44.5 cm]

Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet GCVO, PRA was an English painter, designer and draughtsman who served as President of the Royal Academy.

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

George Dunlop Leslie was an British genre painter, author and illustrator. Leslie was born into an artistic family, his father was the notable genre painter Charles Robert Leslie RA, and his uncle Robert Leslie was a marine artist. He studied art first at Cary's Art Academy, then from 1854 at the Royal Academy.

George Dunlop Leslie was an British genre painter, author and illustrator. Leslie was born into an artistic family, his father was the notable genre painter Charles Robert Leslie RA, and his uncle Robert Leslie was a marine artist. He studied art first at Cary's Art Academy, then from 1854 at the Royal Academy.

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941

Artist Sir John Lavery Belfast, 20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941