Baron Studios
(active 1954-1974), PhotographersArtist associated with 1302 portraits
Founded by the dance, film and celebrity photographer Baron (born Sterling Henry Nahum) , 1906-56, the studios operated between 1954 and 1974 from London studios on Brick Street, Park Lane and Mayfair. They employed a number of operators including Count Zichy and principally Rex Coleman. Though primarily consisting of over 10,000 studio portraits of businessmen, many of the more interesting subjects, including those in colour or on location, portray writers, musicians, foreign dignitaries, artists, broadcasters and fashion designers. Godfrey Argent purchased Baron Studios in 1974 and the collection was generously donated to the National Portrait Gallery in 1999.
Israel Moses Sieff, Baron Sieff
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch colour transparency, 9 February 1966
NPG x125887
Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Bt
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 4 January 1966
NPG x125948
William Stephen Richard King-Hall, Baron King-Hall
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 4 January 1966
NPG x125949
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 14 January 1966
NPG x125950
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 18 January 1966
NPG x125951
Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
half-plate film negative, 23 February 1966
NPG x125952
Sir William Menzies Coldstream
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 4 March 1966
NPG x125953
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 17 March 1966
NPG x125955
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
half-plate film negative, 4 May 1966
NPG x125960
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
half-plate film negative, 4 May 1966
NPG x125961
David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 14 June 1966
NPG x125962
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch colour negative, 14 June 1966
NPG x125963
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch colour negative, 16 June 1966
NPG x125964
Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
half-plate film negative, 15 September 1966
NPG x125965
Harold Digby Fitzgerald Creighton
by Baron Studios
half-plate film negative, 12 April 1967
NPG x191812
Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth
by Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 30 May 1967
NPG x191813
William John Carron, Baron Carron
by Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 19 July 1967
NPG x191814
by Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 19 July 1967
NPG x191815
by Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 19 July 1967
NPG x191816
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