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Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'reflections' 🪞 Sir John Lavery’s full-length portraits usually have an air of theatrical formality - however, the warm firelight and Hazel’s unadorned shoulders make 'The Green Coat' a tender and intimate study of his wife.

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Ulster Museum

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3 Sept

To paint 'The Green Coat', Lavery emulated techniques used by Diego Velázquez: the coat appears finely painted from afar, but when examined closely becomes a complex pattern of abstract brushstrokes. #Art #SirJohnLavery @artukdotorg.bsky.social 'The Green Coat' (1926), Sir John Lavery. BELUM.U68