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From 1928 Sir Philip Sassoon (d. 1939), a trustee of the National Gallery, the Wallace Collection and the Tate Gallery, launched a series of exhibitions at his Mayfair home in Park Lane. 'The Four Georges', 1930 and 'The Age of Walnut', 1932 were two of the most innovative and brought together paintings together with furniture and other decorative arts.
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt. was a renowned political host, who through the 1920s and 1930s , served almost continuously as a government minister. The interiors he created at Port Lympne, Kent [decorated by Whistler], Trent Park, Hertfordshire and the salons at 25 Park Lane were justly celebrated for their innovation and exotic lavishness. The majority of works of art included in Christie's sale of works of art from Houghton, 8 December 1994, came from Sassoon's collection.
Rex Whistler (d. 1944), a talented draghtsman, illustrator, muralist, theatre designer, decorative artist and portraitist, was part of the social set surrounding Cecil Beaton, the Sitwells and Lord Berners. His visionary, arcadian style appealed greatly during the inter-war years. His best-known works are the murals for the Tate Gallery restaurant, The Pursuit of Rare Meats, 1926-27 and the enormous mural at Plas Newydd, Gwynedd commissioned by Charles, 5th Marquess of Anglesey (d. 1947) from Whistler in 1936.
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt. was a renowned political host, who through the 1920s and 1930s , served almost continuously as a government minister. The interiors he created at Port Lympne, Kent [decorated by Whistler], Trent Park, Hertfordshire and the salons at 25 Park Lane were justly celebrated for their innovation and exotic lavishness. The majority of works of art included in Christie's sale of works of art from Houghton, 8 December 1994, came from Sassoon's collection.
Rex Whistler (d. 1944), a talented draghtsman, illustrator, muralist, theatre designer, decorative artist and portraitist, was part of the social set surrounding Cecil Beaton, the Sitwells and Lord Berners. His visionary, arcadian style appealed greatly during the inter-war years. His best-known works are the murals for the Tate Gallery restaurant, The Pursuit of Rare Meats, 1926-27 and the enormous mural at Plas Newydd, Gwynedd commissioned by Charles, 5th Marquess of Anglesey (d. 1947) from Whistler in 1936.