Bern Schwartz
(1914-1978), PhotographerBernard Lee ('Bern') Schwartz
Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist of 143 portraits
Bern Schwartz (1914-1978), an American businessman, took up photography in the early 1970s as a second career. In just a few years, he made memorable studies of many well-known personalities of the time including artists, politicians and royalty. Schwartz, assisted by his wife, Ronny, often captured his subjects in surroundings reflecting their life, work and personality.
Amschel Mayor James Rothschild
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 12 November 1976
NPG P1247
Dorothy de Rothschild (née Pinto)
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, circa 1976
NPG P1248
(Nathaniel Mayer) Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 19 November 1976
NPG P1249
Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 29 November 1976
NPG P1250
Arthur George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 17 November 1976
NPG P1266
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 20 May 1976
NPG P1268
Sir Hugh Walter Kingwell Wontner
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 9 November 1976
NPG P1270
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 29 October 1976
NPG P1213
Marcus Joseph Sieff, Baron Sieff of Brimpton
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 30 November 1976
NPG P1255
Frederick Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 1 June 1977
NPG P1154
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 7 April 1977
NPG P1153
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 30 March 1977
NPG P1152
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 30 March 1977
NPG P1151
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 23 March 1977
NPG P1150
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 2 May 1977
NPG P1149
(Richard) Michael Carver, Baron Carver
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 13 April 1977
NPG P1148
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 13 May 1977
NPG P1147
Richard Austen ('Rab') Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 4 May 1977
NPG P1146
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 7 November 1977
NPG P1145
Alma Lillian Birk, Baroness Birk of Regent's Park
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, December 1977
NPG P1144
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