L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i

L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e  ~  D o s t o ï e v s k i



Friday, July 26, 2019

Beauty is as beauty makes - two portraits of Oliver Messel


Photographed by Baron George Hoyningen-Huene, 1929.
In costume for the role of Paris, photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1932.

Just in case you don't know... Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel (13 January 1904, London – 13 July 1978, Barbados) was an English artist and one of the foremost stage designers of the 20th century. Besides his celebrated work in the theater - both sets and costumes - he also designed for film and ballet, retail settings, hotels, and completed private architectural and interior design commissions.



1 comment:

  1. amazing how much he had done so young....a long and full artistic life.

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