Lot 483: ALFRED KINGSLEY LAWRENCE R.A. (1893-1978),

ALFRED KINGSLEY LAWRENCE R.A. (1893-1978), FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A GIRL, indistinctly signed lower left, oil on canvas, unframed. 1.83 by 1.12m
Note: Lawrence was a painter of pictures and murals. He studied at King Edward VII School of Art in Newcastle upon Tyne under Richard Hatton, at the Royal College of Art with William Rothenstein and then in Italy as a Prix de Rome winner of 1923. He was elected RA in 1938. Lawrence was a fine figure painter and an RA stalwart for many years, his work having a strong underlying draughtsmanship. Among Lawrence's notable murals are examples in the Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Newcastle; Palace of Westminster; and the Bank of England.