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Album of photographs by Francis Goodman, 1933-1951


103 Portraits in set

Born Francis Julian Gutmann (1913–89) in London, ‘Franzie’ was brought up in Munich from 1919, where he first experimented with photography on a Box Brownie camera. He returned to London in 1931 and anglicised his surname in 1938. As an eighteen-year old, he became apprenticed to the fashion and advertising photographer Shaw Wildman, and later worked for Peter Rose Pulham, whose Berkeley Square studio he adopted. His early fashion photographs appeared in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar magazines, while his society portraits were published in The Sketch. Much of Goodman’s original work from the 1930s was lost during the Second World War, but several photographs are still traceable in photographic magazines and annuals, and press reproductions.

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Terence Rattigan, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39612

Terence Rattigan

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, mid-late 1940s
NPG Ax39612

Miss Hambourg, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39614

Miss Hambourg

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, mid-late 1940s
NPG Ax39614

Eric Coates, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39615

Eric Coates

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, mid-late 1940s
NPG Ax39615

James Mason, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39617

James Mason

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, mid-late 1940s
NPG Ax39617

Dodie Masterman, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39634

Dodie Masterman

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, mid-late 1940s
NPG Ax39634

Angus Menzies, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39641

Angus Menzies

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, mid-late 1940s
NPG Ax39641

Dodie Masterman, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39635

Dodie Masterman

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, mid-late 1940s
NPG Ax39635

Marthe Labarre, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39644

Marthe Labarre

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, mid-late 1940s
NPG Ax39644

Sir Ralph Richardson, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39616

Sir Ralph Richardson

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 14 October 1945
NPG Ax39616

Cecil Beaton, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39598

Cecil Beaton

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 28 November 1945
NPG Ax39598

Cecil Beaton, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39599

Cecil Beaton

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 28 November 1945
NPG Ax39599

Cecil Beaton, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39600

Cecil Beaton

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 28 November 1945
NPG Ax39600

Cecil Beaton, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39601

Cecil Beaton

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 28 November 1945
NPG Ax39601

Cecil Beaton, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39602

Cecil Beaton

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 28 November 1945
NPG Ax39602

Cecil Beaton, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39603

Cecil Beaton

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 28 November 1945
NPG Ax39603

Cecil Beaton, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39605

Cecil Beaton

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 28 November 1945
NPG Ax39605

Hermione Gingold, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39606

Hermione Gingold

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1 October 1945
NPG Ax39606

Hermione Gingold, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39607

Hermione Gingold

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1 October 1945
NPG Ax39607

Hermione Gingold, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39608

Hermione Gingold

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1 October 1945
NPG Ax39608

Hermione Gingold, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39609

Hermione Gingold

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1 October 1945
NPG Ax39609

Sarah Churchill, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39613

Sarah Churchill

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 28 November 1945
NPG Ax39613

Miss Scotti-Galerate, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39689

Miss Scotti-Galerate

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1945
NPG Ax39689

Cecil Beaton, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39604

Cecil Beaton

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 28 November 1945
NPG Ax39604

Margery Allingham, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39594

Margery Allingham

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, circa 1945
NPG Ax39594

Sir John Richardson, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39638

Sir John Richardson

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1946
NPG Ax39638

Graham Sutherland, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39622

Graham Sutherland

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1946
NPG Ax39622

Graham Sutherland, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39625

Graham Sutherland

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1946
NPG Ax39625

Graham Sutherland, by Francis Goodman - NPG Ax39627

Graham Sutherland

by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1946
NPG Ax39627