Constant Lambert

Sitterback to top

• Constant Lambert (1905-1951), Composer, conductor and critic. Sitter in 30 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Christopher Wood (1901-1930). Artist of 2 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Wood's portrait was painted in Paris where Lambert was working on the ballet Romeo and Juliet, commissioned by Diaghilev, for which Wood had been recommended as designer by Picasso.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Audio Guide
• Bakewell, Michael, Character Sketches: Fitzrovia: London's Bohemia, 1999, p. 32
• Clerk, Honor, The Sitwells, 1994 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 14 October - 22 January 1995), p. 97
• Ribeiro, Aileen, The Gallery of Fashion, 2000, p. 218
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 361

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Art in art
• Carpets and textiles
• Chairs