Cecil Beaton

Christchurch Art Gallery is featuring an exhibition of Cecil Beaton portraits from 27 May to 10 September 2006.

Cecil Beaton was a English photographer and stage designer. He was born in 1904 and died in 1980.

Cecil Beaton: Portraits features the glamorous worlds of fashion, literature and film. Beaton was a major contributor to Vogue in London, Paris and New York, and photographed such luminaries as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, the Rolling Stones, Salvador Dali, Marlon Brando, Pablo Picasso, Elizabeth Taylor, and Andy Warhol.

Interesting websites about Beaton:

Cecil Beaton - BBC

Includes reviews of the exhibition

National Portrait Gallery

Information and examples of Beaton's photographs and links to drawings, graphic work and fashion and theatre design work

Victoria and Albert Museum

Brief biography and examples of his work

Google Images of Cecil Beaton's work

Many images of Beaton's work

Grove Art

Brief biography and bibliography