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The Emigrants
LOWINSKY, Thomas Esmond (1892 - 1947)
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Date: 1914
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 43.5 x 57.2 cm
Acquired: 1941; Purchase
Accession Number: NMW A 2250
Born in London in 1892, into a rich and cosmopolitan Jewish family, Lowinsky belonged initially to the circle of Charles Ricketts (1866-1931) and his earliest work was much influenced by Ricketts's enthusiasm for the art of Gustave Moreau and the wispy idealisations of Burne-Jones. This early oil painting is unique among Lowinsky's extant works as it treats a topical subject, the influx of Belgian refugees to Britain after the German invasion of Belgium of 1914.
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