Lydia Lopokova (1892-1981), Ballet dancer; wife of Baron Keynes
Lydia Lopokova (Lady Keynes)
Sitter in 17 portraits
Russian ballerina Lopokova joined the Ballets Russes in 1910 but it was not until 1918 that she was first seen in London when she appeared as a principal dancer alongside Massine at the Coliseum. Principally a demi-caractère dancer, she was acclaimed for the roles created for her by Massine in The Good-Humoured Ladies (1917) and La Boutique Fantasque (1919). She returned to London with Diaghilev's company in 1921, appearing as Aurora in The Sleeping Princess. She married the economist John Maynard Keynes in 1925. In the early 1930s she lent her support to Ninette de Valois's newly formed Vic-Wells Ballet company.
Lydia Lopokova in 'Petrouchka'
by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1919
NPG P1351
Lydia Lopokova in 'Petrouchka'
by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1919
NPG P1352
John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes; Lydia Lopokova
by William Roberts
oil on canvas, signed, 1932
NPG 5587
by Duncan Grant
oil on canvas, feigned oval, early 1940s
NPG 6004
by Vanessa Bell (née Stephen)
oil on canvas, circa 1943
NPG 6718
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 21 August 1918
NPG x127817
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes of Tilton; Lydia Lopokova
by Walter Benington, for Elliott & Fry
vintage print, 1920s
NPG x90117
by Madame Yevonde
black and white reprint, 1920s
NPG x131743
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 10 October 1922
NPG x127824
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 10 October 1922
NPG x127825
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 10 October 1922
NPG x127826
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 10 October 1922
NPG x127827
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 10 October 1922
NPG x127828
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 10 October 1922
NPG x127829
Sir Frederick Ashton; Harold Turner; Lydia Lopokova in 'The Masque of Beauty and Pleasure'
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1930
NPG x40698
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