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.
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 16 June 1977
NPG P1215
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 16 June 1977
NPG P1216
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 19 March 1977
NPG P1220
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 19 March 1977
NPG P1221
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 4 July 1977
NPG P1222
Lady Diana Cooper (Diana (née Manners), Viscountess Norwich)
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 1977
NPG P1223
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 17 March 1977
NPG P1233
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 12 July 1977
NPG P1234
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 12 March 1977
NPG P1235
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 27 June 1977
NPG P1238
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 23 June 1977
NPG P1241
Gordon William Humphreys Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 31 May 1977
NPG P1242
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 29 June 1977
NPG P1244
Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron Robbins
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 14 April 1977
NPG P1245
Sir Francis Edwin Prescott Sandilands
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 16 March 1977
NPG P1251
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 15 July 1977
NPG P1253
Antoinette Sibley and Eloise Sibley
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 24 June 1977
NPG P1254
Charles Percy ('C.P.') Snow, Baron Snow
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 11 July 1977
NPG P1256
Sir David Edward Charles Steel
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 1977
NPG P1257
Michael Meredith Swann, Baron Swann
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 15 April 1977
NPG P1259
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