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The Beat Goes On
The Beat Goes On

1989.266.10

Bag of orange tempera paint

Artist
de Montmorency, Miles Fletcher (Sir)
Material
tempera (paint)
Object Type
art equipment
Production Dates
20th Century

Artist Biography

Miles Fletcher de Montmorency (1893–1963) Miles de Montmorency was a British painter and the 17th Baronet Morres of Knockagh, County Tipperary. Son of Hervey Lodge de Montmorency and husband of stained glass artist Rachel de Montmorency, he studied at Dover School of Art, the Byam Shaw and Vicat Cole School of Art, and the Royal Academy Schools. He exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy and with war artists, and was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1935, later serving as its honorary librarian. He authored A Short History of Painting in England.

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