Tamara Karsavina as the Firebird in 'L'Oiseau de Feu' (The Firebird)

Sitterback to top

• Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), Ballet dancer. Sitter associated with 30 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé (1878-1972), Photographer and writer. Artist associated with 163 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Hoppé secured two sessions with Karsavina at his Baker Street studio when Diaghilev's company first came to London in 1911. Here she appears in costume by the artist Léon Bakst, whose exotic designs drew inspiration from Russian peasant dress.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Prodger, Philip (appreciation) Pepper, Terence (appreciation), Hoppé Portraits: Society, Studio and Street, 2011 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 17 February to 30 May 2011), p. 30

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• Ballet in Focus (14 December 2010 - 24 July 2011)

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Dancing
• In profile