1920s vintage at the Napier Art Deco Festival 2018

The photo above is of Sir Gerald Festus Kelly (1879-1972) painting Edith Teresa Hulton, wife of the 8th Lord Berwick, with the (circa 1923) finished painting shown below it. As you might see, Kelly was a skilled realist and, as his Wikipedia (entry) indicates, had a successful career. Unlike most artists of his time, he had a strong, elite, formal education, attending Eton and Cambridge before heading to Paris to study art. Despite his social connections, skills and success, Kelly seems little known today. After I finished scooping up examples of his work for this post, I noticed that the earliest one was painted when he was about 40. No doubt earlier works can be located, but it makes me wonder what he was doing artistically before 1919; Wikipedia offers no clue. Kelly's career overlapped and then extended beyond those of Philip de Laszlo (1869-1937), John Lavery (1856-1941), and William Orpen (1878-1931) who stepped into the British portrait scene after John Singer Sargent phased out that aspect of his career. This placed him at a time when Modernism was rapidly gaining ascendancy in the intellectual class, and traditionalist painters such as Kelly were dismissed as dull-witted copyists of nature. Snap conclusion: born at a fairly good time to have a decent commercial career but a bad time in terms of artistic reputation-building. Examples of Kelly's work are shown below. Not shown are some not-safe-for-work nudes. To view those, you'll have to Google on his name and switch into "Images." Gallery Jane (his wife, Lilian Ryan) - 1919 An unfinished portrait. There's another one farther down as further fodder for readers interested in technique. Lady in Blue ("Jane") Consuelo (VII) - 1919 The Roman numeral indicates that this was one of a series of paintings. Countess of Lisburne - 1926 Sah Ohn Nyun (V) - 1932 Again, one of a series. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother - 1938 Wikipedia indicates that Kelly was a favorite of the Royals. This painting of Queen Elizabeth was made shortly after her husband, George VI, became King. Ralph Vaughan Williams - 1958-61 The composer in his later years; Kelly also painted him earlier. Montague Rhodes James - c.1936 I include this to show how Kelly worked up at least some of his portraits. Like the "Jane" above, he was of the do-the-face-first school rather than following the practice of continually working over the entire canvas surface to retain "balance."

Frida About Town - Frida Gustavsson stars in a story of forties fashion for the November issue of Elle Sweden lensed by Andreas Öhlund. Wearing the pristine

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Ziegfeld Star - Dorothy Flood - 1920s - by Alfred Cheney Johnston. Restored by Nick and Jane for Dr. Macro's High Quality Movie Scans website: www.doctormacro.info. Enjoy! I love this picture. All the above info was embedded with the image and the website gave approval to republish the image as it appears.

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Zamorka, by Anton Ažbe, 1895. Cate Blanchett, by Matthias Vriens for i-D Magazine, 2007. Fashion plate, 1813. Fanny Brice, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, circa 1915-20. Glitter, by William McGregor Paxton, 1930. Art school model, Cleveland Ohio, circa 1912. Mrs. Du Pont de Nemours, by Bernard Boutet de Monvel, 1935. Dress of 1860, by Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1930. Motherhood, by Marguerite Gerard, circa 1804. Unknown, circa 1920s. L'Adieu dans la nuit, by Georges Barbier for La Gazette du Bon Ton, an illustration of an evening gown by Paquin, 1913. Gary descending staircase, Parc de Sceaux, Paris, by Rodney Smith, 1995. Unknown, circa 1860. Vince Gironda, by the Athletic Model Guild, circa 1950s. Loïe Fuller imitator, by Marceau, circa 1897. Unknown, circa 1905-10. The actress Johanne Luise Heiberg, by Emil Bærentzen, 1841. Model, by Eugène Fredrik Jansson, circa late nineteenth century. Unknown, circa late nineteenth century. Courtesy "Os Jovens Phidias". Corner of the Painters Table, by Giovanni Boldini, 1890. A Study in Red, by William Turner Dannat, 1889. Unknown, circa 1915-20. Two children of the de Thier family, by Barthélemy Vieillevoye, 1836. Unknown, circa late nineteenth century. Courtesy "Os Jovens Phidias". Portrait of the Painter’s Wife Charlotte, née Kindermann, by Carl Alexander Simon, 1830. 42nd Street, New York, by Walker Evans, 1929.

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See a collection of vintage images from the 1920s-1950s showcasing people in Letterman Sweaters, Jackets & Varsity Jackets. Fun step back in time.