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In the early months of 1909, when Sir John Lavery was working at his studio on Mount Washington, outside Tangier, he received a visit from the young artist, Gerard Chowne and his wife, portrayed here. Being so close to Andalusia, Tangier's Spanish links were strong, and recognizing the current vogue in London for pictures of Spanish beauties by painters such as Sorolla and Zuloaga, Lavery proposed that his portraits of Mrs Chowne should contain easily identifiable Spanish elements. In A Fair Spa John Lavery, Irish Artists, Irish Painters, Pick Art, Mount Washington, Painted Ladies, William Blake, John Singer Sargent, Irish Art

In the early months of 1909, when Sir John Lavery was working at his studio on Mount Washington, outside Tangier, he received a visit from the young artist, Gerard Chowne and his wife, portrayed here. Being so close to Andalusia, Tangier's Spanish links were strong, and recognizing the current vogue in London for pictures of Spanish beauties by painters such as Sorolla and Zuloaga, Lavery proposed that his portraits of Mrs Chowne should contain easily identifiable Spanish elements. In A Fair…

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