Oliver Messel
(1904-1978), Artist and stage designerOliver Hilary Sambourne Messel
Sitter in 27 portraits
Set and costume designer for theatre, opera, ballet and film. Messel's first professional commission was for the ballet Zephyr and Flora (1925). By the early 1930s, Messel was established as one of the foremost stage designers in Britain with an imaginative flair and highly-stylised approach. His work on the film Romeo and Juliet (1936) earned him two Oscar nominations.
by Angus McBean
vintage bromide print, published in The Sketch 15 March 1950
NPG P1304
Rex Whistler; Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners; Oliver Messel; Cecil Beaton
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1931
NPG x40681
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 25 January 1933
NPG x132026
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 25 January 1933
NPG x132027
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 25 January 1933
NPG x132028
by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, 1936
NPG x198316
by Gordon Anthony
modern bromide print from original negative, 1937
NPG x44780
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1945
NPG x39504
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1945
NPG x39505
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1945
NPG x39508
Oliver Messel; Peter Cusick; Merle Oberon
by Carl Perutz
vintage print, circa 1950
NPG x194302
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1954
NPG x30078
Anne Parsons (née Messel), Countess of Rosse; Oliver Messel
by Desmond O'Neill
bromide press print, November 1958
NPG x184061
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, 1 January 1958
NPG x137604
Oliver Messel; Anne Parsons (née Messel), Countess of Rosse
by Van Hallan Press Agency
bromide press print, 28 May 1959
NPG x184058
by Francis Goodman
vintage print, 1963-1964
NPG x195621
Our Cartoonist in a Savage Mood - at a Bright Young Party
by Anthony Wysard
pencil and watercolour, 1930
NPG D313
Suggestion for an All National History Charity Tableau
by Anthony Wysard
watercolour, 1931
NPG D308
Our Savage Cartoonist's Queer Nightmare - A Super Mayfair Pantomime Suggestion
by Anthony Wysard
pencil and watercolour, 1933
NPG D309
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