Lydia Lopokova
(1892-1981), Ballet dancer; wife of Baron KeynesLydia Lopokova (Lady Keynes)
Sitter in 22 portraits
Russian ballerina Lopokova joined the Ballets Russes in 1910 but it was not until 1918 that she was first seen in London when she appeared as a principal dancer alongside Massine at the Coliseum. Principally a demi-caractère dancer, she was acclaimed for the roles created for her by Massine in The Good-Humoured Ladies (1917) and La Boutique Fantasque (1919). She returned to London with Diaghilev's company in 1921, appearing as Aurora in The Sleeping Princess. She married the economist John Maynard Keynes in 1925. In the early 1930s she lent her support to Ninette de Valois's newly formed Vic-Wells Ballet company.
Lydia Lopokova in 'Petrouchka'
by E.O. Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1919
NPG P1351
Lydia Lopokova in 'Petrouchka'
by E.O. Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1919
NPG P1352
by Christopher Wood
pencil, circa 1924
NPG 6881
John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes; Lydia Lopokova
by William Roberts
oil on canvas, signed 1932
On display in Room 27 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5587
by Duncan Grant
oil on canvas, feigned oval, early 1940s
NPG 6004
by Moffett Studio
bromide press print, early 1910s
NPG x198312
by Bain News Service
vintage print, 1915
NPG x194129
by Bain News Service
vintage print, 1915
NPG x194130
by Bain News Service
vintage print, 1915
NPG x194286
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 21 August 1918
NPG x127817
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes of Tilton; Lydia Lopokova
by Walter Benington, for Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1920s
NPG x90117
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 October 1922
NPG x127824
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 October 1922
NPG x127825
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 October 1922
NPG x127826
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 October 1922
NPG x127827
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 October 1922
NPG x127828
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 10 October 1922
NPG x127829
Sir Frederick Ashton; Harold Turner; Lydia Lopokova in 'The Masque of Beauty and Pleasure'
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1930
NPG x40698
by Gordon Anthony
modern bromide print from original negative, 1936
NPG x44752
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