Cecil Beaton Portraits
Marilyn Monroe
by Cecil Beaton
22 February 1956
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Sir Cecil Beaton was one of the most inventive and outstanding portrait photographers of the twentieth century, renowned for his images of elegance, style and glamour.
Celebrating the centenary of his birth in 1904, Cecil Beaton: Portraits brings together over 150 portraits from the five remarkable decades of Beaton's career. His subjects from the worlds of fashion, art and celebrity include Greta Garbo, Coco Chanel, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, David Hockney, Twiggy and Andy Warhol.
Venues
Edinburgh City Art Centre
10 July - 26 September 2004
Kunsthaus, Vienna(Austria)
6 October - 9 January 2005
Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg (Germany)
18 March - 14 August 2005
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (Australia)
16 September - 27 November 2005
Bendigo Art Gallery (Australia)
10 December - 26 March 2006
Christchurch Art Gallery (New Zealand)
27 May - 10 September 2006
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
16 October 2007 - 4 January 2008