Sir John Lavery was an Irish painter best known for his portraits and wartime depictions.
12 Facts About John Lavery
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John Lavery was born in inner North Belfast, baptised at St Patrick's Church, Belfast and, while still a child, moved to Scotland where he attended Haldane Academy in Glasgow in the 1870s.
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John Lavery returned to Glasgow and was associated with the Glasgow School.
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John Lavery remained in Britain and mostly painted boats, aeroplanes and airships.
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John Lavery's work was part of the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics, the 1928 Summer Olympics, and the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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In 1929, John Lavery made substantial donations of his work to both The Ulster Museum and the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery and in the 1930s he returned to Ireland.
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John Lavery received honorary degrees from the University of Dublin and Queen's University Belfast.
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John Lavery was made a freeman of both Dublin and Belfast.
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John Lavery was an orphan raised by relatives in Moira, Co.
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In 1909 John Lavery remarried, to Hazel Martyn, an Irish-American known for her beauty and poise, who had a daughter, Alice Trudeau.
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Hazel John Lavery was depicted in more than 400 of her husband's paintings.
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Hazel John Lavery modelled for the allegorical figure of Ireland he painted on commission from the Irish government, reproduced on Irish banknotes from 1928 until 1975 and then as a watermark until the introduction of the Euro in 2002.