Sir Arnold Bax

Bax, Vera (1888-1974)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1933
Height:
68.0 cm  (26 3/4 in.)
Width:
61.0 cm  (24 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Royal Academy of Music (London)
    [Museum inv. no.: 2003.1096]

Description

Sir Arnold Bax is shown seated in a green chair with his pipe, reading a book. Half-length, turned to the left and looking down at the page, he wears a suit and a coloured, patterned tie. The portrait was painted by the poet and painter Vera Bax who was at the time married to his brother, the poet Clifford Bax. Sir Arnold was a former student of the Royal Academy of Music, and Master of the King's, and then the Queen's Music, from 1942–1953.

People as subjects

Bax, Arnold (1883-1953) (Composer portrait)

Iconclass

48C713
portrait of composer

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© the artist's estate. Photo credit: Royal Academy of Music

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RIdIM record id

4266

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