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Cecil Beaton's Bright young things

Title

Cecil Beaton's Bright young things / Robin Muir.

Author

Muir, Robin

Publication

London : National Portrait Gallery Publications, [2020]
[New York] : [ARTBOOK/D.A.P.]
Italy : Printer Trento
©2020

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Description

277 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color); 29 cm

Summary

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) is one of the most celebrated British Portrait photographers of the twentieth century and is renowned for his images of elegance, glamour and style. His influence on portrait photography was profound and lives on today in the work of many contemporary photographers. Beaton used his camera, his ambition and his larger-than-life personality to mingle with a flamboyant and rebellious group of artists, writers, socialites and partygoers. These 'Bright Young Things' captured the spirit of the roaring twenties and thirties as they cut a dramatic swathe through the epoch. Beaton quickly developed a reputation for his beautiful, often striking and fantastic photographs, which culminated in his portraits of Queen Elizabeth in 1939. More than a photographer, Beaton became a society fixture in his own right. In a series of themed chapters, covering Beaton's first self-portraits and earliest sitters to his time at Cambridge and as principle society photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair, over 60 leading figures who sat for him are profiled and the dazzling parties, pageants and balls of the period are brought to life. Among this glittering cast are Beaton's socialite sisters Baba and Nancy Beaton, Stephen Tennant, the Mitfords, Siegfried Sassoon, Evelyn Waugh and Daphne Du Maurier. Beaton's photographs are complemented by a wide range of letters, drawings and ephemera and contextualised by artworks created by those in his circle, including Christopher Wood, Rex Whistler and Henry Lamb. Exhibition: London, UK National Portrait Gallery, 03/12/20-06/07/20 Sheffield, UK Millennium Gallery, 06/25/20-10/18/20 Cheltenham, UK The Wilson, 11/14/20-02/28/21.

Alternative Title

Bright young things

Subject

Genre/Form

Portraits.
Exhibition catalogs.

Note

"Published to accompany the exhibition: 'Cecil Beaton's Bright young things'"--Page 277.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-267) and index.

Contents

Foreword -- Introduction -- Ouverture: Beginnings -- Travesti: Curtain raisers -- Maestri: Patrons -- Cadenza: Principals -- Bel canto: Heavenly creatures -- Fioritura: True originals -- Seria: Featured players -- Intermezzo: Society on display -- Coloratura: Society at play -- Arioso: Idylls -- Coda -- Curator's acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- List of lenders -- Loan credits -- Picture credits -- Index.

Call Number

JQF 21-689

ISBN

9781855147720
1855147726

OCLC

1124776435

Author

Muir, Robin, author.

Title

Cecil Beaton's Bright young things / Robin Muir.

Publisher

London : National Portrait Gallery Publications, [2020]

Distributor

[New York] : [ARTBOOK/D.A.P.]

Manufacturer

Italy : Printer Trento

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-267) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain), host institution.

Millennium Gallery (Sheffield, England), host institution.

Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 21-689

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