Constant Lambert (1905-1951), Composer, conductor and critic
Sitter in 30 portraits
Composer. He and his brother, the sculptor Maurice Lambert, were brought up in South London. He attended the Royal School of Music, and in the 1920s was part of the coterie that included the Sitwells and William Walton. He was Lilian Baylis's Musical Director at Sadlers Wells Ballet, until 1947; his ballet music includes Horoscope (1938) and Tiresias (1951) both for Margot Fonteyn. Other works include 'Elegiac Blues' and The Rio Grande (1929), both influenced by American jazz, and the English pastoral, chorale masque Summer's Last Will and Testament.
by Christopher Wood
oil on canvas, 1926
On display at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, in the exhibition 'Cedric Morris & Christopher Wood: A Forgotten Friendship'
NPG 4443
by Gordon Anthony
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x44773
Constant Lambert; Florence Lambert (née Kaye, later Hole)
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 10 May 1933
NPG x150854
Florence Lambert (née Kaye, later Hole); Constant Lambert
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 10 May 1933
NPG x150855
by Madame Yevonde
black and white reprint on card mount, 1933
NPG x131742
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 9 May 1933
NPG x81190
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 9 May 1933
NPG x81191
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 9 May 1933
NPG x81192
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 9 May 1933
NPG x81193
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1936
NPG x14124
by Gordon Anthony
vintage print, 1940s
NPG x137069
by Lola Walker (Lola Marsden)
vintage bromide print, 26 March 1951
NPG x125632
by Lola Walker (Lola Marsden)
vintage bromide print, 26 March 1951
NPG x125633
by Lola Walker (Lola Marsden)
vintage bromide print, 26 March 1951
NPG x125634
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30025
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