Cecil BeatonEngeland, 1904–1980Drawing
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Victoria and Albert Museum
Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk
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About the painting
Two small painted images, mounted on card, originally created by Cecil Beaton, ca. 1940-1960.
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- S.2283-2014
In de catalogus
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- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · opgehaald 9 dagen geleden
- Afbeelding: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Intussen, in het leven van Cecil Beaton
Het hele leven1922–1974
Diaries, 1922–1974
Six volumes of his diaries, spanning the years 1922–1974, are published in his lifetime. According to Hugo Vickers, who edited a fuller edition, opinions in the published volumes are softened, whereas in the originals Beaton can be truly venomous.
1952–1969
Designs for Broadway
His Broadway credits include The Grass Harp (1952), The Chalk Garden (1955), Saratoga (1959), Tenderloin (1960) and Coco (1969); he wins four Tony Awards for costume design, for Quadrille (1955), My Fair Lady (1957), Saratoga (1960) and Coco (1970).
1957 · Onderscheiding
Tony Award for Best Costume Design
1958
Academy Award for the costumes of “Gigi”
His costume designs for Lerner and Loewe’s film musical Gigi win him the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
6 april 1959 · Onderscheiding
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
1960 · Onderscheiding
Tony Award for Best Costume Design
