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Benjamin Britten

(1913-1976), Composer

(Edward) Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten

Sitter in 120 portraits
Artist of 5 portraits
Born in Lowestoft, Britten was taught by Frank Bridge and won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in 1930. Britten emigrated to the USA in 1939 with his friend Peter Pears (who went on to become his partner) returning in 1942. Peter Grimes, the first of Britten's ten operas, was written for Pears, designed by Kenneth Green for the reopening of Sadler's Wells in 1945. Billy Budd (1951) was commissioned for the Festival of Britain and the War Requiem (1962) for the consecration of Coventry Cathedral. Lifelong partners, they started the Aldeburgh Festival in 1948, and in 1972 founded the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies.

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Benjamin Britten, by Enid Thelma Slater (née Mace) - NPG x15200

Benjamin Britten

by Enid Thelma Slater (née Mace)
bromide print, 1944
NPG x15200

Benjamin Britten, by Howard Coster - NPG x15309

Benjamin Britten

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1944
NPG x15309

Benjamin Britten, by Cecil Beaton - NPG x15204

Benjamin Britten

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1945
NPG x15204

Benjamin Britten, by Cecil Beaton - NPG x15205

Benjamin Britten

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1945
NPG x15205

Benjamin Britten, by Angus McBean - NPG x15202

Benjamin Britten

by Angus McBean
cream-toned bromide print, 1945
NPG x15202

Benjamin Britten, by Angus McBean - NPG x15203

Benjamin Britten

by Angus McBean
cream-toned bromide print, 1945
NPG x15203

Benjamin Britten; Eric John Crozier, by Maria Austria (Marie Karoline Oestreicher) - NPG x15207

Benjamin Britten; Eric John Crozier

by Maria Austria (Marie Karoline Oestreicher)
bromide print, 1946
NPG x15207

Eric John Crozier; Benjamin Britten, by Edward Mandinian - NPG x15208

Eric John Crozier; Benjamin Britten

by Edward Mandinian
contact print, 1947
NPG x15208

Eric John Crozier; Benjamin Britten, by Edward Mandinian - NPG x15209

Eric John Crozier; Benjamin Britten

by Edward Mandinian
contact print, 1947
NPG x15209

Benjamin Britten, by Edward Mandinian - NPG x15210

Benjamin Britten

by Edward Mandinian
vintage print, 1947
NPG x15210

Benjamin Britten, by Edward Mandinian - NPG x15212

Benjamin Britten

by Edward Mandinian
contact print, 1947
NPG x15212

Benjamin Britten, by Edward Mandinian - NPG x15213

Benjamin Britten

by Edward Mandinian
contact print, 1947
NPG x15213

Benjamin Britten, by Edward Mandinian - NPG x15214

Benjamin Britten

by Edward Mandinian
contact print, 1947
NPG x15214

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