Portrait Montage. Early - Mid 20th century.
Oil Portrait montage by Miles de Montmorency.
Montage with several full faces and several other incomplete faces, all male, in different areas of the painting. The faces seem to represent the same person at different times of his life. The only non human face is that of a lion or big cat. The main face is the biggest, also seemingly the older, is located in the centre of the painting. Abstract elements in red, blue and green colours are dotted around the painting.
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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