Portrait of Alice Knewstub

Details

Augustus John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Portrait of Alice Knewstub
red chalk on paper
8 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (21.9 x 20 cm.)
Executed circa 1899.

Provenance

Sir William Rothenstein.
with Leicester Galleries, London.
The late Villiers David, his sale; Christie's, London, 8 November 1985, lot 192, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

W. Rothenstein, Men and Memories: Recollections of William Rothenstein 1872-1922, London, 1931, p. 342, illustrated.

Exhibited

Manchester, City Art Gallery, Modern Paintings, Drawings and Prints, 1910, no. V90.
probably London, Leicester Galleries, The Art Collection of the late Sir William Rothenstein: Indian Paintings, and Drawings and Paintings by Modern Artists, June - July 1946, no. 44, as ' Head of Alice (Lady Rothenstein), 1898' or no. 73, as 'Portrait Drawing of Lady Rothenstein'.

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Lot Essay

Alice Knewstub (1867-1957) was the daughter of the artist Walter John Knewstub, and had a short career as an actress under the stage name Alice Kingsley. She married Sir William Rothenstein, and they had two sons, Sir John Rothenstein, Director of the Tate Gallery during the War, and the painter and printmaker Michael Rothenstein. Alice's sister, Grace, was married to Sir William Orpen.

We are very grateful to Rebecca John for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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