From high-concept couture to portraits and magazine editorials, Beaton's fashion photographs receive a fitting tribute in the form of this glamorous, elegant volume
A virtuoso in capturing beauty, glamour and star power, Cecil Beaton was an extraordinary force in the 20th-century British and American creative scenes. Renowned as a photographer, fashion illustrator, costume designer and writer, his impact spans the worlds of fashion, photography and design. From his early snapshots of the Bright Young Things and his breakthrough as Vogue's star photographer at just 24 years old, to his portraits of royals, celebrities and models and culminating in his award-winning turn as a costume designer, Beaton created an oeuvre of glamour, resilience and creativity that continues to captivate audiences today.
Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World, the catalog accompanying the exhibition of the same name at the National Portrait Gallery, London, is the first publication to delve into Beaton's groundbreaking fashion work, spanning from 1922 to 1963. The book documents designs from Balmain, Schiaparelli, Balenciaga, Chanel and more. This pivotal aspect of his career would lay the foundation for his later successes. A chronological exploration of his most triumphant years includes his most iconic portraits of Greta Garbo, Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn, Mona Williams, Elizabeth II and many more, together with his rarely seen watercolors, collages and even outtakes.
Cecil Beaton (1904-80) was both a member and photographer of Britain's Bright Young Things. He began working for British Vogue full-time in 1927 and over the succeeding decades became known for his portraits of fashion models and royalty. In the 1950s and 1960s, he won four Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for his costume designs.
En dehors de sa célébrité en tant que peintre, David Hockney est également reconnu pour la grande qualité de ses dessins. Ce catalogue accompagne une exposition à la National Portrait Gallery à Londres du 27 février au 28 juin 2020. Il présente les dessins du grand maître anglais des années 50 à aujourd'hui et se concentre sur des autoportraits ainsi que sur quelques-uns des modèles phares de l'artiste : sa muse Celia Birtwell, sa mère Laura Hockney et des amis, notamment le commissaire d'exposition Gregory Evans et le graveur Maurice Payne.
Cet ouvrage édité par la National Portrait Gallrey présente les portraits les plus récents de la superstar de l'art anglais, réalisées au cours de quelques dernières années dans sa maison de Normandie.
Edvard Munch Portraits brings together 80 of Munch's most significant portraits, showcasing the wide array of styles, techniques and mediums that he employed.
Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) is widely regarded as one of the great artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Although he was lesser known for portraiture, his portraits were central to his art and vision. During the course of his long life he made hundreds of portraits of friends, patrons, models and above all himself, in a range of media that encompassed painting, drawing and print.
Edvard Munch Portraits explores the range of portraits Munch created during his lifetime, and by placing his work in the cultural and historical background of his period, provides readers with a greater understanding of the time in which his works were produced. This publication gives deep insight into the artist's family and bohemian social circles, along with his German and Norwegian patrons and the friends who helped establish his reputation.
Vivant et travaillant à plus d'un siècle d'intervalle, Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) et Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) ont expérimenté des manières très différentes de réaliser et de comprendre la photographie. Ce catalogue accompagne une exposition à la National Portrait Gallery de Londres en mars 2024. Couvrant la carrière des deux artistes, il établit des parallèles entre les deux photographes, présentant de nouvelles recherches, des tirages vintages rares et des oeuvres d'archives inédites. Les oeuvres de l'exposition sont organisées en huit sections thématiques avec des essais de fond, offrant une opportunité accessible et engageante de considérer les deux artistes sous un nouveau jour.
The first volume in over 20 years dedicated to Bacon's unconventional, psychologically trenchant portraits
Featuring works from the 1950s onward, this book explores the genre-defying portraiture of Irish British artist Francis Bacon (1909-92). It is the first publication in over 20 years dedicated to this facet of Bacon's practice. From his responses to portraiture by earlier artists to large-scale paintings memorializing lost lovers, these selected works showcase Bacon's life story. In addition to the artist's self-portraits, sitters include Lucian Freud, Isabel Rawsthorne and his lovers Peter Lacy and George Dyer.
From his renowned triptychs and paintings of ghostly figures to tender and psychologically revealing individual portraits, the figurative works displayed in this publication chart the development of a groundbreaking artist, highlighting the influence of his peers and other artists. Francis Bacon: Human Presence also features illustrated biographies of Bacon and his circle, bringing lesser-told stories to the fore.
Ce catalogue, publié à l'occasion de l'exposition à la National Portrait Gallery en juin 2019, considère l'oeuvre de Cindy Sherman à travers l'outil du portrait. Avec la contribution d'écrivains et de conservateurs tels qu'Erika Balsom et Christopher Riopelle, le livre explore les thèmes et les styles constitutifs de son langage visuel et la façon dont l'identité est construite à partir de l'apparence dans une relation mercurielle entre la surface et la réalité.
The first comprehensive monograph on the forgotten radical innovator of color photography and mythic, surreal portraiture.
The British photographer Yevonde was a businesswoman and tireless creator; as an innovator committed to color photography when it was not considered a serious medium, her work is significant in the history of portrait photography. Yevonde's portraits embody glorified tradition countered with a desire for the new; her most renowned body of work is a series of women dressed as goddesses posed in surreal tableaux from the 1930s. Yevonde championed photography during a time when there were few women photographers working professionally, and this book tells the story of her life, her works and her 60-year career.
Yevonde: Life and Colour brings the photographer's works together for the first time in 20 years. With an abundance of reproductions, and featuring previously unpublished works, the book showcases her experimentation with a range of techniques and genres including color photography, portraiture, still lifes, solarization and the Vivex color process, and repositions her as a key modern artist of the 20th century. It also provides in-depth context for Yevonde's images, considering their aesthetic and mythic references.
Yevonde (1893-1975), also known as Madame Yevonde, was a London-based photographer of portraits and still lifes whose motto was "be original or die."
Oscar Rejlander, Julia Margaret Cameron, Lewis Carroll et Lady Clementina Hawarden incarnent le meilleur de la photographie à l'époque victorienne. Ces pionniers n'ont cessé d'expérimenter dans la narration et la création de l'image. La National Portrait Gallery consacre une exposition à ces photographes influencés par la peinture et les Pré-raphaélites, formant un lien qui unit l'art du passé à celui du futur.
Writers Revealed tells the stories of the best-loved writers in English literature, investigating their enduring appeal from the sixteenth century to today through the collections of the National Portrait Gallery and the British Library.
Intimate handwritten manuscripts, letters and notebooks as well as rare first editions of books from the British Library are paired with the National Portrait Gallery's outstanding collection of author portraits.
From William Shakespeare to Zadie Smith, Writers Revealed features over 70 poets, novelists and academics. Each short profile - which provides insight into the writers' inspirations, struggles, and working practices - is beautifully illustrated with a portrait and manuscript.
Readers will enjoy in-depth encounters with some of the world's most famous writers, including James Joyce, Bernardine Evaristo, Virginia Woolf, Bram Stoker, Jane Austen, Benjamin Zephaniah, and Angela Carter, and discover just what it is that makes these individuals so endlessly compelling.
A jaunt through the art-inspired cocktail menu from the National Portrait Gallery's glamorous new speakeasy
Experience iconic works from the National Portrait Gallery's Collection and the cocktails inspired by them in the menu for the gallery's award-winning underground speakeasy, Larry's, by the Daisy Green Collection. From the regal gin cocktail "The Cecil Beaton" to the experimental, colorful gin fizz "The Yevonde" and the award-winning "McBean" dirty martini, these fabulous cocktails evoke bygone eras and the creative spirit of London's West End, which is known for its hub of creativity and pioneering jazz scene. This beautiful hardback publication begins with an introduction to Larry's Bar and the story of its namesake, the actor Sir Laurence Olivier. It then showcases each of Larry's bespoke cocktails, telling the stories behind their inspiration, ingredients and design. Each story is illustrated with portraits of iconic figures from the National Portrait Gallery's Collection, ranging from Audrey Hepburn to Francis Bacon.
La National Portrait Gallery consacre une grande rétrospective aux portraits de William Eggleston (21/07/2016-23/10/2016). Avec une centaine de photos des années 1960 à aujourd?hui, de célèbres images couleur mais aussi plusieurs tirages vintage inédits en noir & blanc, ce catalogue couvre toute la carrière d?un monument de la photo.
With just under a thousand portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, the National Portrait Gallery boasts some of the most treasured and famous official portraits of the Queen captured at key historic moments, as well as day-to-day images of the monarch at home and with family, following her journey from childhood, to princess and Queen, mother and grandmother. This publication highlights the most important portraits of Elizabeth II from the Gallery's Collection. Paintings and photographs from the birth of Elizabeth II to the present will take readers on a visual journey through the life of Britain's foremost icon.
The book will reflect on the Queen's life, presenting family photographs alongside important formal portraits to explore how, as her reign became record-breaking, she became an iconic figure in modern British culture and history. The publication features works by key artists depicting the Queen from 1926 to the present day, including Baron, Cecil Beaton, Dorothy Wilding, Patrick Lichfield, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz and David Bailey.
This book features an introductory essay by Alexandra Schulman, exploring how the collected portraits depict the Queen throughout her life and reign, and a timeline of key historical events and moments from Elizabeth II's life.
Black figuration and portraiture as realized in the works of Amy Sherald, Jordan Casteel and other contemporary artists.
«There is never a time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment, the time is always now,» wrote James Baldwin. Published in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, The Time is Always Now is edited by curator Ekow Eshun, former director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. The book brings together 22 contemporary African diasporic artists working primarily in the United Kingdom and the United States, whose practices?whether through painting, drawing or sculpture?foreground the Black figure. Acknowledging the paradox of race as both a «socially constructed fiction» and a «lived reality,» as Eshun writes, The Time is Always Now celebrates these Black figurative artworks against a background of heightened cultural visibility. Through a three-part structure, this book examines Black figuration as a means to address the absence and distortion of Black presence within Western art history. Each artist receives a detailed biographical profile alongside reproductions of their included works. The catalog is also supplemented by three original essays from Dorothy Price, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Critical Race Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art; Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other; and Esi Edugyan, two-time Giller Prize winner for her novels Half-Blood Blues and Washington Black.
Artists include: Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Hurvin Anderson, Michael Armitage, Jordan Casteel, Noah Davis, Godfried Donkor, Kimathi Donkor, Denzil Forrester, Lubaina Himid, Claudette Johnson, Titus Kaphar, Kerry James Marshall, Wangechi Mutu, Chris Ofili, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Jennifer Packer, Thomas J. Price, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Lorna Simpson, Amy Sherald, Henry Taylor, Barbara Walker.
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When the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (the 'PRB') exhibited their first works in 1849 it heralded a revolution in British art. Styling themselves the 'Young Painters of England', this group of young men aimed to overturn stale Victorian artistic conventions and challenge the previous generation with their startling colours and compositions.
Think of the images created by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and others in their circle, however, and it is not men but pale-faced
La National Portrait Gallery expose les portraits de famille du peintre anglais Thomas Gainsborough. Alors que ce dernier souhaitait abandonner la peinture de portrait pour celle de paysage, sa seule exception concernait sa propre famille, fait rare à cette époque. Pendant plus de 40 ans, Gainsborough a peint sa femme, ses filles, ses chiens adorés ainsi que des amis et des proches de la famille. Ses tableaux déroulent l'histoire de ce peintre de province devenu célèbre et riche mais nous indique aussi l'importance du portrait dans la promotion des valeurs familliales.
The "Bright Young Things" désigne un surnom donné par la presse tabloïd britannique à une génération d'aristocrates hédonistes qui a émergé dans l'entre-deux-guerres. Célébrités, artistes bohèmes et socialites sont alors passés sous l'objectif du jeune Cecil Beaton, déjà célèbre pour ses portraits. La National Portrait Gallery rend hommage au grand photographe avec une exposition au printemps 2020 qui rassemble plus de 200 photos, mais aussi despeintures, des caricatures, des couvertures de livre qui ont été illustrées par son travail à l'époque.
The Face Magazine will celebrate The Face's most iconic portraits from 1980-2004. Explore its role in the evolution of style photography and its international and enduring impact on visual culture.
Ground-breaking British youth culture and style magazine The Face established the careers of a generation of photographers, journalists, designers, and models.
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting brings together works from across the artist's career, ranging from pencil drawings to monumental paintings in oil.
The British artist Jenny Saville is one of today's leading painters, for whom painting the human body gives the artist 'the possibility to work in both an abstract and figurative way'. Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting accompanies Saville's first major museum exhibition, showcasing over 50 works from throughout her career in a broadly chronological framework. Essays consider the development of Saville's practice, marking key moments and the strong connection she makes to art history, while a conversation with the artist gives us a glimpse into her life in the studio, her working methods and influences.
Qu'est-ce que le portrait dans l'art contemporain ? C'est à cette question que tente de répondre 21st Century Portraits à travers les oeuvres d'une cinquantaine d'artistes parmis lesquels Douglas Gordon, Rineke Dijkstra, Sophie Calle, Tacita Dean, Thomas Struth, Marlene Dumas, Annie Leibovitz, Christian Boltanski, Antony Gormley, Shirin Neshat, Lucian Freud ou Gerhard Richter.
David Bailey est mis à l?honneur dans une grande exposition rétrospective à la National Portrait Gallery (06/02 - 01/06/2014). L?artiste, connu notamment pour son rôle majeur de photographe du British Vogue dans les années 1960, a choisi d'exposer différents sujets et groupes capturés durant ces cinq dernières décennies: acteurs, écrivains, musiciens, politiciens, réalisateurs, mannequins, artistes et personnes rencontrées lors de ses voyages.
Ce livre, publié à l'occasion de l'exposition à la National Portrait Gallery et produit en étroite collaboration avec l'artiste, présente 48 oeuvres de Cindy Sherman reproduites sur des cartes postales perforées et détachables.
