Philip Alexius de László
Philip Alexius de László
by Sir David Low
pencil, circa 1920s-1937
3 3/8 in. x 2 3/8 in. (86 mm x 60 mm)
Purchased, 1967
Primary Collection
NPG 4529(207)
Sitterback to top
- Philip Alexius de László (1869-1937), Portrait painter. Sitter in 7 portraits, Artist associated with 21 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Sir David Low (1891-1963), Cartoonist. Artist associated with 495 portraits, Sitter in 27 portraits.
Events of 1920back to top
Current affairs
The Government of Ireland Act (Fourth Home Rule Bill) partitions Ireland into the Irish Free State with a devolved parliament in Dublin and Northern Ireland with a devolved parliament in Belfast.The Communist Party of Great Britain is founded in London, uniting a number of independent socialist and Marxist parties into a single, united party.
Art and science
Queen Alexandra unveils a monument to Edith Cavell in St Martin's Place opposite the National Portrait Gallery. The English nurse was executed in Germany for helping hundreds of allied soldiers to cross the border from occupied Belgium to the neutral Netherlands.George V officially opens the Imperial War Museum at the Crystal Palace.
International
The Kapp Putsch threatens the newly formed Weimar Republic. In defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, the leaders of the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt refused to disband and marched on Berlin, occupying it on the 13th March. With the general army refusing to defend the city, the government fled to Stuttgart. The rebellion, however, failed after the workers joined a general strike, disabling their plans.Tell us more back to top
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Related pages
- Correspondence and Papers of Philip de Lszl
- Learn more about Philip de Lszl
- Guide to the correspondence and papers of Philip de Lszl
- Online index and preliminary list
- Other archive material relating to Philip de Lszl in the National Portrait Gallery
- Other sources of information about Philip de Lszl
- Selected letters of Philip de Lszl
- Artist - Laszlo
- Walter Benington: Pictorial portraits