
Cecil BeatonInglaterra, 1904–1980Será possível contemplá-la?
Londres, Reino Unido
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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.
Museu Vitória e Alberto
1922–1974
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 · Prémio
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 de abril de 1959 · Prémio
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
1960 · Prémio
Tony Award for Best Costume Design