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Beryl de Zoete

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Beryl de Zoete

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, circa 1922-1926
19 1/4 in. x 12 1/4 in. (489 mm x 311 mm)
Given by Barbara Strachey (Hultin, later Halpern), 1999
Reference Collection
NPG D258

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  • Beryl de Zoete (1879-1962), Orientalist and critic. Sitter in 2 portraits.

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1922 is a key year for modernist literature with the publication of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses and T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land. Both broke new ground with Ulysses (loosely based on Homer's Odyssey) introducing the 'stream of consciousness' narrative technique, and The Waste Land experimenting with multiple voices and a patchwork of literary, historic, mythological and personal allusions.

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The Soviet Union is formed under Joseph Stalin who takes power after Lenin suffers a debilitating stroke.
In an attempt to avoid civil war, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy invites Benito Mussolini to form a new government following the Fascist Party's March on Rome.

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Robert B. Todd

12 June 2020, 16:13

For what it's worth, I would note that Ray Strachey had from 1922-26 a pied a terre at 42 Gordon Square (used mainly by her husband Oliver) at a time when Arthur Waley, whose partner Beryl was (although she had a flat at 43 Russell Square), lived at 36 Gordon Square. So it is likely that this portrait was painted while artist and subject had a locale in common.