Arthur Koestler (1905-1983), Writer
Sitter in 13 portraits
Born in Budapest, Koestler worked as a journalist and scientific editor in Paris and Berlin before settling in Britain and becoming a British citizen in 1948. Author of political novels such as Darkness at Noon (1940), of works relating to parapsychology and to biology and the history of science such as The Case of the Midwife Toad (1971).
by Daphne Hardy-Henrion
bronze head, 1983-1984
NPG 5741
Arthur Koestler with his dog Attila
by Madame Yevonde
bromide print on card mount, 1950s
NPG x13966
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, April 1955
NPG x13779
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1959
NPG x125527
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1959
NPG x125528
by Lewis Morley
toned bromide print, 1961
NPG x125197
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by Samuel Joseph ('Sam') Haskins
archival digital print, circa 1980
NPG x136387
Literature, Journalism and Publishing
Groups
Jewish sitters and artists
Writers and critics
Places
France
Hungary
