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PROFILE: Sir Oswald Birley

ABOVE: Sir Oswald Birley with his wife Rhoda (née Lecky Pike) and daughter Maxime, 1930s. Photo by Cecil Beaton // © NPG

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Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (31 March 1880 – 6 May 1952) was born in New Zealand whilst his British parents were making a world tour. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge and was drawn to painting while visiting Europe. He enrolled at the Academie Julien in Paris. A trip to Spain followed where Birley fell under the spell of Velazquez.

During World War I he served in France, first with the Royal Fusiliers, later transferring to the Intelligence Corps obtaining the rank of Captain and being awarded the Military Cross in 1919. During World War II he served with the rank of Major in the British Home Guard.

A favourite of the Royal Family, Birley was well known for his portraits of King George V, Queen Mary, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth II.

He painted several highly regarded portraits of Sir Winston Churchill (to whom he also gave lessons), and also a life-size portrait of Mahatma Gandhi which was the first to be hung in the Lok Sabha shortly after Indian Independence in 1947.

Birley was knighted in 1949.

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David, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905-1981) by Sir Oswald Joseph Hornby Birley (1880-1954

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The Apache dancer, Miss Beatrice Collins. Sir Oswald Joseph Hornby Birley (English, 1880-1954). Oil on canvas.

La Danse Apache is a highly dramatic dance associated in popular culture with Parisian street culture at the beginning of the 20th century. The name of the dance is taken from the term for Parisian underworld of the time. The dance is sometimes said to reenact a violent "discussion" between a pimp and a prostitute. It includes mock slaps and punches.

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Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley, self portrait

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Dancer in the Coq D,  Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley, 1938

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Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley, Miss Muriel Gore in a Fortuny Dress, 1919

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