Portrait of Sir F.H. Thorton by John St. Helier Lander

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A fine portrait of an Edwardian gentleman and businessman, Sir F.H. Thornton. Exquisitely rendered by portraitist to the Royal Family, John St. Helier Lander (Jersey, 1868-1944), retaining its original Edwardian frame. About the Artist: John St Helier Lander (born Jersey 19 October 1868, died Witley, Surrey 12 February 1944) was a noted portrait painter. Born John Helier Lander, he added the St. to acknowledge his birth place of Saint Helier in the Channel Islands. He was given his first paint box by Lillie Langtry, the famous beauty, actress and mistress of the Prince of Wales, later to become Edward VII of the United Kingdom. He studied at Calderon's School. In Paris he studied at the Académie Julian under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Fleury. After a year in Paris he returned to London to enter the Royal Academy .He taught privately at the Jersey Ladies' College (now Jersey College for Girls) and the Guernsey Ladies' College. He undertook an ambitious group portrait of the Assise d'Héritage (known as "The Sitting") which took him four years to complete. In 1897, it was purchased for £400 by Julia Westaway, of the Westaway Trust, and presented to the Royal Court in Jersey where it now hangs. Lander made the acquaintance of all the leading British generals before the First World War. The wartime demand for portraits provided Lander with steady work and brought his name before a wider public. In 1923 he received a silver medal at the Paris Salon and painted his first important Royal portrait. He had been commissioned to symbolize the "Youth of England" through the Prince of Wales. Lander chose to portray the Prince dressed in polo kit, and the resulting picture was acclaimed, being awarded a medal at the Paris Salon. The King and Queen commanded that it be sent to Buckingham Palace for private viewing and consequently commissioned a copy for the Palace. The Queen then commissioned a portrait of the Duke of Kent in tennis kit. Lander took pride in the fact that five of these portraits of the King had been "unveiled by Royal Princes, an honour no portrait painter has ever had before". He painted many notable portraits including members of the British Royal Family, Lord Harewood, and Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart, his brother-in-law. He was a good friend of the Jersey artist Edmund Blampied with whom he collaborated in 1937 on a portrait of King George VI. The sitter for the portrait is distinguished English business man F.H. Thornton of Deyne Court in Frodsham. His company was responsible for great advances in motorcycle engineering at the beginning of the 20th Century.

Dimensions:
Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Canvas
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1907
Condition:
Good original condition.
Seller Location:
NYC, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: au050420091stDibs: U0905048076892

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