Joseph Duveen, Baron Duveen
1 portrait
Photograph © National Portrait Gallery, London
Joseph Duveen, Baron Duveen
by Sir William Reid Dick
stone bust, 1933
27 1/2 in. (699 mm) high
Given by the sitter's widow, 1939
Primary Collection
NPG 3062
Sitterback to top
- Joseph Joel Duveen, Baron Duveen (1869-1939), Art dealer and benefactor. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Sir William Reid Dick (1878-1961), Sculptor. Artist or producer of 4 portraits, Sitter in 31 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This bust was made the year he financed the Duveen Wing of the National Portrait Gallery, and was created baron. His widow bequeathed the bust to the Gallery in 1939. Explore this portrait from all angles.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 191
Events of 1933back to top
Current affairs
Sir Norman Angell is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Angell was recognised for his book, Europe's Optical Illusion (or The Great Illusion) first published in 1910 and updated in 1933, which argued that war between modern powers was futile as neither the looser or victor would gain economically from it.Art and science
British Art embraces abstraction with the establishment of 'Unit 1', the first group of British Artists dedicated to producing abstract art. The critic Herbert Read formed the group by bringing together the artists Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Paul Nash and the architect, Wells Coates.The Duveen Wing extension at the National Portrait Gallery is opened by King George V.
International
The Nazi party comes to power in Germany as part of a coalition government with Hitler as Chancellor. Over the next year, the party consolidated its position through the Enabling Act (allowing them to pass legislation without the support of the coalition), by banning and purging opposition, and by making Hitler Führer in 1934: granting him the combined powers of Chancellor and President.Comments back to top
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