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23 apr 2024 · Cecil Beaton is such a British icon who is possibly most famous for photographing other British icons. The collection includes all his photo books, including 'Time Exposure' which established him as one of the leading British photographers of the early 20th century.
5 giorni fa · The key figure, however, from 1930 almost up to his death in 1980, was Cecil Beaton. Instrumental in repairing the image of the Crown after the abdication crisis, as Sir Roy Strong once wrote, his photos restored the idea of it as something ‘mysterious and heroic’.
16 apr 2024 · Enchanting life: who was C. Z. Guest, the ashy-blonde enigma depicted by Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Cecil Beaton and Salvador Dalí? As the release of the much-anticipated Feud: Capote vs. The Swans draws closer, Tatler looks back at the life of one of the most restrained and enigmatic in Capote's bank of swans.
16 apr 2024 · Enchanting life: who was C. Z. Guest, the ashy-blonde enigma depicted by Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Cecil Beaton and Salvador Dalí? As the release of the much-anticipated Feud: Capote vs. The Swans draws closer, Tatler looks back at the life of one of the most restrained and enigmatic in Capote's bank of swans.
5 giorni fa · Enjoy unlimited access: just £1 for 12 weeks. Common wisdom holds that one should never judge a book by its cover, but at this month’s edition of Firsts London, the focus is on appearances. ‘The Art of the Book’ is the theme at the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association’s (ABA) flagship fair, which runs from May 16-19 at Saatchi Gallery.
4 giorni fa · A close friend of Cecil Beaton and Edith Oliver, the artist roamed the zodiac of Britain’s Bright Young Things – it is said that his artistic temperament inspired Evelyn Waugh to create Charles Ryder, the central character of Brideshead Revisited.
1 giorno fa · Thus did Stephen Tennant of Wilsford Manor (WoI Oct 1987) suggest his friend Cecil Beaton help plan a refurbishment. It never happened; instead Cecil brought Stephen more shells for his collection. In years to come he would take a stream of visitors – among them Christopher Isherwood, David Hockney and David Bailey – to Wilsford, not far from Stonehenge , to view England’s Last Great ...
