Cecil Beaton
| Cecil Beaton | |
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| Personlig information | |
| Født |
14. januar 1904  Hampstead, Storbritannien |
| Død |
18. januar 1980 (76 år) Salisbury, Storbritannien, Broad Chalke, Storbritannien |
| Gravsted |
Wiltshire |
| Nationalitet |
 Engelsk |
| Far |
Ernest Walter Hardy Beaton |
| Mor |
Etty Sisson |
| Søskende |
Nancy Beaton, Baba Beaton |
| Uddannelse og virke | |
| Uddannelsessted |
Harrow School, Heath Mount School, St John's College, St Cyprian's School |
| Beskæftigelse |
Kunstmaler, krigsfotograf, kostumedesigner, selvbiograf, dagbogsskribent, modefotograf, fotograf, designer |
| Fagområde |
Modefotografi, fotografi, kostumedesigner, Portrætfoto, krigsfotografi |
| Deltog i |
Documenta 6 |
| Arbejdssted |
Cambridge, New York City, London |
| Genre |
Portræt |
| Nomineringer og priser | |
| Udmærkelser |
Kommandør af Order of the British Empire, Tony Award for Best Costume Design (1955, 1957, 1960, 1970), Oscar for bedste kostume design (farve) (1963), Oscar for bedste scenografi (1963), Oscar for bedste kostumer (1957) med flere |
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Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton CBE (født 14. januar 1904, død 18. januar 1980) var en engelsk mode-, portræt- og krigsfotograf, dagbogsskriver, maler og interiørdesigner, samt en Oscarvindende scene og kostumedesigner til film og teatre.
Han modtog Oscar for bedste kostumer i 1958 for Gigi og i 1964 for My Fair Lady, hvor han også modtog Oscar for bedste scenografi. Han modtog en Tony Award for bedste kostumedesign i 1955, 1957, 1960 og 1970.
I den australske film Darlings of the Gods fra 1989 blev Beaton spillet af Shane Briant. I Netflix' serie The Crown fra 2016 blev Beaton spillet af Mark Tandy.
Cecil Beaton købte herregården Reddish House i Wiltshire i 1947. Han solgte den igen i 1980.[1]
Værker[redigér | rediger kildetekst]
Fotografier[redigér | rediger kildetekst]
- Sir William Walton, 1926
- Stephen Tennant, 1927
- Lady Diana Cooper, 1928
- Charles James (designer), 1929
- Lillian Gish, 1929
- Oliver Messel, 1929
- Lord David Cecil, 1930
- Lady Georgia Sitwell, 1930
- Gary Cooper, 1931
- Molly Fink, 1926
- Pablo Picasso, 1933
- Marlene Dietrich, 1935
- Salvador Dalí, 1936
- Natalie Paley, 1936
- Aldous Huxley, 1936
- Daisy Fellowes, 1937
- Helen of Greece and Denmark, Queen Mother of Romania, 1937
- Lady Ursula Manners, 1937
- Queen Sita Devi of Kapurthala, 1940
- Bomb Victim (Eileen Dunne), 1940
- Winston Churchill, 1940
- Graham Sutherland, 1940
- Charles de Gaulle, 1941
- Walter Sickert, 1942
- Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur, 1943
- John Pope-Hennessy, 1945
- Isabel Jeans, 1945
- Greta Garbo, 1946
- Yul Brynner, 1946
- Vivien Leigh, 1947
- Marlon Brando, 1947
- Truman Capote, 1948–1949
- Bobby Henrey, 1948
- Countess Cristiana Brandolini d'Adda, 1951
- Duchess of Windsor, 1951
- Vita Sackville-West, 1952
- C. Z. Guest, 1952
- Graham Greene, 1953
- Elizabeth II's Coronation, 1953
- Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Redé, 1953
- Elizabeth Taylor, 1954
- Grace Kelly, 1954
- Mona von Bismarck, 1955
- Bernard Berenson, 1955
- Joan Crawford, 1956
- Mrs. Charles (Jayne Wrightsman), 1956
- Maria Callas, 1956
- Dame Edith Sitwell, 1956
- Colin Wilson, 1956
- Marilyn Monroe, 1956
- Leslie Caron, 1957
- Dolores Guinness, 1958
- Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, 1960
- Albert Finney, 1961
- Cristóbal Balenciaga, 1962
- Lee Radziwill, 1962
- Karen Blixen, 1962
- Rudolf Nureyev, 1963
- Audrey Hepburn, 1964
- Margot Fonteyn, 1965
- Jacqueline Kennedy, 1965
- Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 1965
- Jamie Wyeth, 1966
- Georgia O'Keeffe, 1966
- Andy Warhol, 1967
- Twiggy, 1967
- Mick Jagger, 1968
- Katharine Hepburn, 1969
- Barbra Streisand, 1969
- Gloria Guinness, 1970
- Hubert de Givenchy, 1970
- Mae West, 1970
- David Hockney, 1970
- Jane Birkin, 1971
- Marie-Hélène de Rothschild, 1971
- Marisa Berenson as Luisa Casati, 1971
- Jacqueline de Ribes, 1971
- Pauline de Rothschild, 1972
- Tina Chow, 1973
- Gilbert & George, 1974
- Inès de La Fressange, 1978
- Paloma Picasso, 1978
- Caroline of Monaco, 1978
- Olimpia de Rothschild, 1978
- Dayle Haddon, 1979
Bibliografi[redigér | rediger kildetekst]
- The Book of Beauty (Duckworth, 1930)
- Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook (Batsford, 1937)
- Cecil Beaton's New York (Batsford, 1938)
- My Royal Past (Batsford, 1939)
- History Under Fire with James Pope-Hennessy (Batsford, 1941)
- Time Exposure with Peter Quennell (Batsford, 1941)
- Air of Glory (HMSO, 1941)
- Winged Squadrons (Hutchinson, 1942)
- Near East (Batsford, 1943)
- British Photographers (William Collins, 1944)
- Far East (Batsford, 1945)
- Cecil Beaton's Indian Album (Batsford, 1945-6, republished as Indian Diary and Album, OUP, 1991)
- Cecil Beaton's Chinese Album (Batsford, 1945-6)
- India (Thacker & Co., 1945)
- Portrait of New York (Batsford, 1948)
- Ashcombe: The Story of a Fifteen-Year Lease (Batsford, 1949)
- Photobiography (Odhams, 1951)
- Ballet (Allan Wingate, 1951)
- Persona Grata with Kenneth Tynan (Allen Wingate, 1953)
- The Glass of Fashion (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1954)
- It Gives Me Great Pleasure (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1956)
- The Face of the World: An International Scrapbook of People and Places (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1957)
- Japanese (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1959)
- Quail in Aspic: The Life Story of Count Charles Korsetz (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962)
- Images with a preface by Edith Sitwell and an introduction by Christopher Isherwood (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1963)
- Royal Portraits with an introduction by Peter Quennell (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1963)
- Cecil Beaton's 'Fair Lady' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1964)
- The Best of Beaton with an introduction by Truman Capote (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968)
- My Bolivian Aunt: A Memoir (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971)
Dagbøger[redigér | rediger kildetekst]
- Cecil Beaton's Diaries: 1922–39 The Wandering Years (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1961)
- Cecil Beaton's Diaries: 1944–48 The Happy Years (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1972)
- Cecil Beaton's Diaries: 1948–55 The Strenuous Years (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973)
- Cecil Beaton's Diaries: 1955–63 The Restless Years (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976)
- Cecil Beaton's Diaries: 1963–74 The Parting Years (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1978)
- Self Portrait with Friends: The Selected Diaries of Cecil Beaton 1926–1974 redigeret af Richard Buckle (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979)
- The Unexpurgated Beaton: The Cecil Beaton Diaries as they were written med introduktion af Hugo Vickers (Orion, 2003)
- Beaton in the Sixties: More Unexpurgated Diaries med introduktion af Hugo Vickers (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004)
Litteratur[redigér | rediger kildetekst]
- Beaton, Cecil Sir & Boddington, Jennie, 1922– & National Gallery of Victoria (1975). Cecil Beaton's camera. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- Spencer, Charles (1995). Cecil Beaton Stage and Film Designs. London: Academy Editions. ISBN 1-85490-398-5.
- Vickers, Hugo (1985). Cecil Beaton. New York: Donald I. Fine. ISBN 1-55611-021-9.
- Vickers, Hugo (2003). The Cecil Beaton Diaries, as They Were Written. New York. ISBN 0-7538-1702-0.
- Wild, Benjamin (2016). A Life in Fashion: The Wardrobe of Cecil Beaton. London. ISBN 0500518335.
Referencer[redigér | rediger kildetekst]
- ^ "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 13 pp36-52: Broad Chalke". British History Online. University of London. Hentet 27. februar 2016.
Eksterne henvisninger[redigér | rediger kildetekst]
- Cecil Beaton på Internet Broadway Database (engelsk)
- Cecil Beaton på Internet Movie Database (engelsk)
- Cecil Beaton in the National Portrait Gallery
- Beaton's Portraits published by the National Portrait Gallery.
- Theatre Archive University of Bristol
- "Selection of photographs by Cecil Beaton". Victoria and Albert Museum.
- Cecil Beaton textile designs designed in 1948 for Zika Ascher
- Cecil Beaton interview on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs, February 1, 1980