Christopher Isherwood
(1904-1986), NovelistChristopher William Bradshaw Isherwood
Sitter in 29 portraits
Began writing as a student at Cambridge and is best known for Mr Norris Changes Trains (1935) and Goodbye to Berlin (1939) which reflected his experience of living in pre-war Germany. The latter was adapted by John Kander and Fred Ebb into the stage musical Cabaret(1968) and in 1972 into the film staring Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles. Isherwood subsequently settled near Hollywood and worked as a scriptwriter. His American novels include Down There on a Visit (1962), A Single Man (1964) and Christopher and His Kind (1977) a frank account of the homosexual affairs of his youth. His Diaries 1939-1960 were published in 1996.
by Humphrey Spender
bromide print, 1935
NPG P41
Don Bachardy; Christopher Isherwood
by David Hockney
lithograph, 1976
NPG 6024
by Alice Springs (June Newton)
bromide print, 1980
NPG P547
by Alice Springs (June Newton)
bromide print, 1985
NPG P541
by Benjamin Britten
snapshot print, circa 1930
NPG x15193
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2947
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2948
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2949
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2950
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2951
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood; Stephen Spender
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x2952
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood
by Howard Coster
film negative, 1937
NPG x540
W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood
by Howard Coster
film negative, 1937
NPG x541
Christopher Isherwood; W.H. Auden
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, 1938
NPG x137621
Christopher Isherwood; W.H. Auden
by Louise Dahl-Wolfe
toned bromide print, July 1938
NPG x15194
Christopher Isherwood; W.H. Auden
by Louise Dahl-Wolfe
cream-toned bromide print, July 1938
NPG x15195
by Carl Van Vechten
chlorobromide print, 7 December 1951
NPG x131783
Don Bachardy; Christopher Isherwood
by Chris O'Dell
archival digital print, 1976
NPG x137064
by Chris O'Dell
archival digital print, 1976
NPG x137067
by Paul Joyce
bromide print on card mount, April 1977
NPG x13409
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