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ID: 500001040 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500001040			Record Type: Person

Beaton, Cecil (English photographer and scenographer, 1904-1980)

Note: Beaten moved to New York in 1929, and signed a contract for "Vogue" magazine. Many of his images from this period have a fantastic or Surrealistic look. He did not place the emphasis on the person or the clothing, creating instead fanciful backgrounds using materials such as cellophane or mirrors to create an atmospheric effect. During the 1930s he photographed well-known cultural and society figures, such as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Queen Elizabeth II. Beaton was commissioned by the Ministry of Information to take photographs of London and British RAF bases during World War II. He produced images of war torn cities, his most famous image of this period being a picture of wounded child clutching a toy, which was chosen for the cover of "Life" magazine in 1941. During the 1950s and 1960s, his work concentrated on mostly the theater and cinema, creating costume and sets for the stage productions of "Gigi" (1958) and "My Fair Lady" (1964). He was knighted in 1971.

Names:
	Beaton, Cecil (preferred,V,index,LC,English-P,NA,U)
	Beaton, Cecil (Dutch-P,NA)
	Cecil Beaton (V,display)
	Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (V)
	Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy (V)
	Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardy (V)
	Beaton, Sir Cecil (U)
	ביטון, ססיל (U,Hebrew-P,NA,U)
	Beaton, Cecil, Sir (U)
	Hardy, Walter (U)

Nationalities:
	British (modern) (preferred)
	English
	LGBTQ

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	designer
	photographer
	scenographer
	author

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place) Died: Broad Chalke (Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)

Events:

	active:		England (United Kingdom) (country)
	active:		New York City (New York state, United States) (inhabited place)
	active:		Hollywood (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) (neighborhood)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

teacher of ....	Biasiny-Rivera, Charles
..................	(American photographer, flourished 1950-1974) [500669440]

List/Hierarchical Position:

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Persons, Artists

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Beaton, Cecil (I)

Biographies:

(English photographer and scenographer, 1904-1980) ..... [VP Preferred]
(British artist, 1904-) ..... [WCP]
(British photographer, designer, 1904-1980) ..... [BHA]
(British, 1904-1980) ..... [JPGM]
(British artist, 1904-1980) ..... [WCI]
(British photographer, artist, 1904-) ..... [AVERY]
(British artist, 1904-1980) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(British photographer, 1904-1980) ..... [AVERY]
(English photographer, 1904-1980) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, 1904-1980) ..... [GRL]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(British artist, 1904-1980) ..... [MoMA]
(English photographer, 1904-1980) ..... [IMJ]
(English photographer, 1904-1980) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

ביטון, ססיל ........	[IMJ]
......................	Israel Museum Jerusalem database

Beaton, Cecil ........	[GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, IMJ Preferred, MoMA, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WCP Preferred]
............................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
............................	Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
............................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules 417
............................	Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 3 October 2002
............................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
............................	Israel Museum Jerusalem database
............................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 50006451
............................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 5315

Beaton, Cecil, Sir ........	[RKD, VP]
.....................................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 5315

Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy ........	[BHA Preferred, JPGM Preferred, RKD, VP, WCI Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
....................................................	Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)
....................................................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 5315
....................................................	Witt Library, Authority files

Beaton, Sir Cecil ........	[Grove Art Preferred]
...................................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)

Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardy ........	[AVERY Preferred, Grove Art, VP]
...........................................................	Avery Authority files (1963-)
...........................................................	Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
...........................................................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)

Cecil Beaton ........	[GRISC, MoMA Preferred, VP]
..........................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
..........................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)

Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton ........	[VP]
..................................................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Hardy, Walter ........	[RKD]
............................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 5315


Note:
English	..........	[VP, WL-Courtauld]
	..........	20th-Century Photography (1996) 43
	..........	Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) "Beaton, Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy)." Accessed 05/01/02
	..........	LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]

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