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John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes

(1883-1946), Economist

Sitter in 26 portraits
In 1908 Keynes took up a lectureship in Economics at Cambridge and was the editor of the Economic Journal from 1912 to 1945. His works, notably The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) and General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936), led to the establishment of 'Keynesian economics'. After the Second World War he played a leading part in founding the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Keynes's enquiring mind, which so impressed his friend Lytton Strachey, his affair with Duncan Grant and his lasting respect for Vanessa Bell, made him a key figure in the Bloomsbury Group. He married the Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova in 1925.

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John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes; Lydia Lopokova, by William Roberts - NPG 5587

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes; Lydia Lopokova

by William Roberts
oil on canvas, signed 1932
On display in Room 27 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5587

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes, by Sir David Low - NPG 4529(189)

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes

by Sir David Low
pencil, 1933 or before
NPG 4529(189)

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes, by Sir David Low - NPG 4529(190)

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes

by Sir David Low
pencil, 1933 or before
NPG 4529(190)

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes, by Sir David Low - NPG 4529(191)

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes

by Sir David Low
pencil, 1933 or before
NPG 4529(191)

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes, by Sir David Low - NPG 4529(191a)

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes

by Sir David Low
pencil, 1933 or before
NPG 4529(191a)

The Memoir Club, by Vanessa Bell - NPG 6718

The Memoir Club

by Vanessa Bell
oil on canvas, circa 1943
NPG 6718

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