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Kingsley's was founded at the beginning of the 20th century by a group of British artists, members of the Royal Academy of Arts (London). At first it was a studio for the production of engravings, lithographs, silk-screen prints, and other types of color and monochrome graphics in limited editions. The studio provided artists with equipment and materials for the production of paintings and graphic works.
In the early 1930s, the curator and director of Kingsley's was Sir Alfred Kingsley Lawrence, a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and a member of the Royal Academy of Arts. During this period, many graphic works were created in collaboration with members of the Royal Academy, including the President of the Academy, Sir Alfred Munnings, as well as artists Walter Ernest Webster, William Russell Flint, Laura Knight, sisters Doris and Anna Zinkeisen and others.
Kingsley's produced color and monochrome graphic works based on paintings by famous European artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Anders Zorn, Jean-Gabriel Domergue, Georges Barbier, Umberto Brunelleschi, Gerda Wagener and others. Kingsley's also produced art objects based on paintings by Russian artists, including Leon Bakst, Konstantin Somov, Nicholas Roerich, Zinaida Serebryakova, Marc Chagall, Rinat Kuramshin and others.
Sir Alfred Kingsley Lawrence is a British artist, portrait painter, member of the Royal Academy of Arts. Lawrence was known especially for his portrait paintings, and he also produced many works in watercolor, pastel, tempera and engravings. Lawrence studied at the School of Art. King Edward VII in Newcastle upon Tyne under Richard Hutton, and then at the Royal College of Art under William Rothenstein. Alfred Kingsley Lawrence was elected a Royal Academician in 1938, and he was also a fellow of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Lawrence knew many people from the field of fine arts, theater, and music. He was a successful portrait painter and graphic artist; the author dedicated many of his paintings to the theme of military service; under the influence of his stay in Italy, he often painted works on classical themes. In the early 1930s, Sir Alfred Kingsley Lawrence was curator and director of Kingsley's Studio. He was later joined by his relative Ray Kingsley, a specialist and innovator in the field of graphic art.
Kingsley's color and monochrome art objects are included in the collections of many public, corporate and private museums and galleries. Among the collectors of Kingsley's art works are members of royal and aristocratic families, famous cultural and artistic figures, heads of banks and corporations. We sincerely hope that Kingsley's art work will bring many pleasant experiences to you, your family and friends.
"Naked"
"Mary Spencer-Churchill (née Cadogan), Duchess of Marlborough"
"Portrait of girl"
"Lord Plunket"
"Portrait of a seated Girl"