Maurice Lambert
(1901-1964), SculptorSitter in 28 portraits
Artist of 5 portraits
Sculptor. Brother of Constant Lambert. Apprentice to F Derwent Wood (1918-23). First one-man exhibition in 1929. In the 1930s his work was linked with the radical Modernist sculptors such as Hepworth and Moore who drew influence from primitive art and Surrealism. His portrait works include an equestrian statue of George V and in the National Portrait Gallery's collection busts or heads of Margot Fonteyn. Adrian Stokes, William Walton and J.B.Priestley,
Explore the portrait of Edith Sitwell by Maurice Lambert (NPG 5801) from all angles | the portrait of Margot Fonteyn by Maurice Lambert (NPG 6033) from all angles
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 1929
NPG x132006
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 1929
NPG x132010
Maurice Lambert; Olga Marie Stuart Lambert (née Morrison)
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 1929
NPG x132013
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 1929
NPG x132014
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 1929
NPG x132015
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 1929
NPG x132016
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 1929
NPG x132017
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x132031
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x132033
J.B. Priestley; Maurice Lambert
by P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd
bromide press print, August 1948
NPG x184067
by Fox Photos Ltd
bromide press print, April 1951
NPG x184071
by Lola Walker (Lola Marsden)
vintage bromide print, 12 April 1951
NPG x125621
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 28 April 1952
NPG x90182
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1953
NPG x168817
by Fox Photos Ltd
bromide press print, April 1954
NPG x184070
Maurice Lambert; Queen Elizabeth II
by Bippa
bromide press print, 24 March 1955
NPG x184068
by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd
bromide press print, May 1963
NPG x184069
by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd
bromide press print, May 1963
NPG x184072
Related People
- Constant Lambert (brother)
- George Washington Lambert (father)
- Christopher Sebastian ('Kit') Lambert (nephew)
- Olga Marie Stuart Lambert (née Morrison) (wife)
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