Yolanda Sonnabend
(1935-2015), Theatrical designer and painterSitter in 3 portraits
Artist of 9 portraits
Born in Rhodesia, Sonnabend studied painting and stage design at the Slade (1955-60). Taught at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, the Slade, the Central School and Wimbledon. A designer for theatre and ballet, she worked for the Royal Opera House and the Royal Ballet, as well as Sadler's Wells, the Oxford Playhouse and the Stuttgart Ballet company. As well as being included in Twenty Years of British Stage design, a British Council show which toured Europe, she has exhibited paintings and designs in London, Paris, Verona, Cologne and Milan. In 2000 she won the Garrick-Milne prize for theatrical portrait painting.
by Johnny Dewe-Mathews
bromide print, March 1973
NPG x1460
by Malcolm Crowthers
chromogenic print, 2012
NPG x136851
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