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Philip Alexius De LaszloPhilip Alexius de Laszlo (1869-1937), was a portrait painter He was born in Budapest in 1869, the son of an unsuccessful tradesman, and later became a British citizen. Although his parents opposed his desire to paint, de Laszlo attended the Industrial Art School in Budapest and later the Academic Julian in Paris. At the age of twenty-four he received his first commission a portrait for the court of Bulgaria. This placed de Laszlo among the princes and their entourage, and henceforth he was known as a painter of the powerful and privileged. A hereditary title was bestowed on him by Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary and he was awarded orders of Knighthood, Commanderships, Grand Crosses, and other distinguished titles. De Laszlo came to the United States for the first time in 1908 to paint a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt for the White House. Laszlo, Philip Alexius de Laszlo, Philip Alexius de Laszlo, Philip Alexius de Laszlo, Philip Alexius de
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