Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953), Composer
Sitter in 31 portraits
Born in Streatham, he settled in Dublin in 1911 and drew on the customs and legends of the west of Ireland to write stories and compose music. His music first came to notice when Sir Henry Wood conducted his orchestral tone poem In the Faery Hills at the 1910 Promenade Concerts. Friend to many republicans, he responded to the Easter Rising of 1916 with In Memoriam. He was influenced by the Celtic revival in the arts and gained recognition with symphonic tone poems such as The Garden of Fand (1913) and Tintagel (1917). Considered to be a leading British composer after the success of his first symphony (1922), Bax was knighted in 1937.
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by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
cream toned chlorobromide print, 6 October 1921
NPG P1693
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7753
by Elliott & Fry
cream-toned print on card mount, 1926
NPG x39297
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1926
NPG x81956
Sir Arnold Bax; Harriet Cohen; Dorothy Mayer (née Moulton); Sir Robert Mayer and others
by Elsie Gordon
sepia bromide print, circa 1930
NPG x20660
by Margaret Ellsmoor
cream-toned print, 1940s
NPG x39298
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 25 February 1942
NPG x127609
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 25 February 1942
NPG x127611
by Bassano
vintage print, 25 February 1942
NPG x83935
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1944
NPG x2772
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1944
NPG x2773
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1944
NPG x2774
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1944
NPG x2775
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, April 1947
NPG x163956
by Madame Yevonde
black and white reprint on card mount, late 1940s
NPG x131728
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Classical musicians
Composers
Place
London
