Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley (1903-1989), Composer
Sitter in 22 portraits
Composer and Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music (1946-68). On advice from Ravel, Lennox Berkeley studied composition in Paris where he met Stravinsky and Poulenc (1926-32). His oeuvre ranges from oratorio to symphonies, operas and chamber works. Notable works include Serenade for Strings (1940) and his concertos for piano. His vocal and choral music is particularly admired and includes Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila (1947, written for Kathleen Ferrier) and The Hill of the Graces (1975).
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Caroline Hill
oil on canvas, 1972
NPG 5232
Benjamin Britten; Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Howard Coster
nitrate negative, 1930s
NPG x1634
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by (Edward) Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten
snapshot print, 1936
NPG x15189
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1938
NPG x763
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1938
NPG x10359
Benjamin Britten; Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1938
NPG x10470
Benjamin Britten; Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1938
NPG x10471
Benjamin Britten; Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1938
NPG x10472
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x2906
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x2907
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, January 1949
NPG x167139
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, January 1949
NPG x167140
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Howard Coster
half-plate negative, 1955
NPG x75690
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Howard Coster
half-plate negative, 1955
NPG x75691
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Howard Coster
half-plate negative, 1955
NPG x75692
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Howard Coster
half-plate negative, 1955
NPG x75693
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Janet Stone
bromide print, circa 1970
NPG x23327
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by Godfrey MacDomnic
bromide print, 20 March 1973
NPG x76989
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley; Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley
by Angela Gorgas
modern bromide print from original negative, 1977
NPG x133026
Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley; Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
by George Newson
bromide fibre print, 27 July 1984
NPG x33544
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