The State Coach Outside Buckingham Palace

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall

In this oil sketch, Maze conveys the excitement of the Coronation Day on 2 June 1953. He depicts a scene outside the gates of Buckingham Palace from Queen Elizabeth II’s journey in the Royal State Coach to the ceremony at Westminster Abbey. She is accompanied by the Yeomen of the Guard, who walk alongside the coach, and the Coldstream Guards in their distinctive bearskin caps.

Paul Maze, known chiefly as a painter of sporting and ceremonial occasions, was born in Le Havre to French parents but later became a British subject. After several years of working in the india-rubber trade, he was encouraged to paint by the artists Edouard Vuillard and André Dunoyer de Segonzac. In the First World War Maze served with the Royal Scots Greys, during which time he became a friend of Winston Churchill. In 1918 he set up a studio in Paris, becoming a notable figure in the city. In 1919 he settled in England, but continued to exhibit work in France, Italy, Spain and the United States. His work is represented in the Tate, London; the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; and the Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery.

Places

England, London, Buckingham Palace, Westminster

Subjects

horseback, Gold State Coach, topography, horse, military uniform, royal footman, parade, soldier, gate, lamp post, palace

Materials & Techniques

board, oil, oil painting

Artist

Paul Lucien Maze (1887 - 1979)

Title

The State Coach Outside Buckingham Palace

Date

1953

Medium

Oil on board

Dimensions

height: 37.30 cm, width: 72.70 cm

Acquisition

Commissioned from the artist, April 1953

Inscription

bl: Paul Maze 1953

GAC number

2458