W.H. Auden (1907-1973), Poet
Wystan Hugh ('W.H.') Auden
Sitter associated with 41 portraits
The third son of a doctor and a missionary nurse, Wystan Hugh Auden grew up in Solihull and described his early advantages as 'good genes and good education'. He is best known for his poems of the 1930s and 1940s (Poems, 1930, Look, Stranger!, 1936, For the Time Being, 1945) and for his collaborations with Christopher Isherwood (The Dog Beneath the Skin, 1935, The Ascent of F6, 1936, On the Frontier, 1938). His later publications included The Sea and the Mirror (1944) and The Shield of Achilles (1955). He travelled to Barcelona to support the Republican cause.
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on white card mount, 1930
NPG P869(3)
copy by E. Maurice Feild
lithographic print, 1982 (1935)
NPG 5544
copy by E. Maurice Feild
lithographic print, 1982 (1935)
NPG 5543
by Alec Bangham
modern bromide print from an original negative, 1935
NPG x133302
Sir William Menzies Coldstream; W.H. Auden; Benjamin Britten
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, 1937
NPG x15191
Hedli Macneice (née Anderson); W.H. Auden; Sir William Menzies Coldstream
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, 1937
NPG x15192
by Howard Coster
black and white glossy print, 1937
NPG x134
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Sir Stephen Harold Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2947
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Sir Stephen Harold Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2948
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Sir Stephen Harold Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2949
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Sir Stephen Harold Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2950
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Sir Stephen Harold Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2951
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Sir Stephen Harold Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2952
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3088
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3089
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x3090
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