James Kerr-Lawson
(1862-1939), Painter and lithographerSitter associated with 1 portrait
Artist associated with 8 portraits
When James Kerr-Lawson was three his family emigrated from Fife to Hamilton, Ontario. He returned to Europe as an adult, eventually settling in London, but he maintained links with the artistic community in Canada. Kerr-Lawson fought in the First World War and in 1917 he was commissioned by the Canadian Government to paint the ruined cities of Arras and Ypres. He was, however, best known as a portrait painter and muralist.
Sir John Norton-Griffiths, 1st Bt
by James Kerr-Lawson
pencil and watercolour
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Hilda Beatrice Hewlett (née Herbert), Caterina Kerr-Lawson and Maurice Henry Hewlett
by James Kerr-Lawson
pencil, circa 1904
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by James Kerr-Lawson
pencil, 1904
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by James Kerr-Lawson
oil on canvas, 1904
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by James Kerr-Lawson
pencil, 1908
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by James Kerr-Lawson
pencil, circa 1910
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by Ivor Fields Photographic, after James Kerr-Lawson
colour print on Kodak paper, circa 1920
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after James Kerr-Lawson
lithograph, before 1935
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