Lot 500: Paul Desmond Fitzgerald, Australian b.1922-

Paul Desmond Fitzgerald, Australian b.1922- Portrait of Michael Donnellan; oil on canvas, signed and dated 1952, 61x50.5cm Note: Michael Donnellan, known in the fashion world as Michael of Carlos Place, was a master of British couture and founded the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers with Norman Hartnell, Hardy Amies and Digby Morton. Paul Desmond Fitzgerald lived and painted overseas from 1949 to 1957 and visited and worked overseas on commissioned portraits twice each year since 1958 including America, England, Scotland, Ireland, Jersey, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Hawaii and Bermuda. In England he undertook various Royal commissions including Queen Elizabeth II 1963 and her Official Royal Jubilee Portrait 1978, HRH Prince Philip 1974 and 1975, HRH Prince Charles. In Italy he painted Pope John XXIII.