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Irish painter (1856–1941)

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Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941) was an Irish painter best known for his portraits and wartime depictions.

Life and career

John Lavery was born in inner North Belfast, on 20 March 1856 and baptised at St Patrick's Church, Belfast. While still a child, he moved to Scotland where he attended Haldane Academy in Glasgow in the 1870s.^[1] In 1878, he set up his own studio which was razed in a fire in the following year.

With a £300 insurance pay-out, he spent a year studying at Heatherley's School in London.^[2] Lavery continued his studies at the Académie Julian^[1] in Paris in the early 1880s. He returned to Glasgow and was associated with the Glasgow School.

William Burrell, a wealthy shipowner, was a faithful patron of Scottis