Vladislav Mstislavovich ('V.M') Zimenko; Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Vladislav Mstislavovich ('V.M') Zimenko; Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 14 December 1958
9 7/8 in. x 11 1/2 in. (250 mm x 293 mm) overall
Purchased, 1999
Photographs Collection
NPG x135186
Sittersback to top
- Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler (1892-1974), Sculptor and President of the Royal Academy. Sitter in 25 portraits, Artist or producer of 2 portraits.
- Vladislav Mstislavovich ('V.M') Zimenko (1919-1994), Author and editor. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Ida Kar (1908-1974), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 1567 portraits, Sitter in 137 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This photograph of former President of the Royal Academy Sir Charles Wheeler sliding down the banisters, was taken at an official reception to mark the opening of a display of Russian art. The occasion remained fresh in the memory of his companion, the Russian art historian Vladislav Zimenko, who later remarked: ‘You are so informal, you English.’
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Events of 1958back to top
Current affairs
Britain's first motorway is built. The Preston bypass (M6) was the first road to be built to official motorway standards, although the M1 (opened in 1959) was the first road to be given official status. The road was opened by the Prime minister, Harold Macmillan, and heralded a new age of mass, high-speed motoring.Art and science
Michael Bond publishes A Bear Called Paddington, the first Paddington Bear book. This popular character is remembered for being found at Paddington Station by the Brown family, for wearing a floppy hat, duffle coat and Wellington boots, and for his penchant for marmalade sandwiches.The children's television programme, Blue Peter, is broadcast for the first time.
International
Following the USSR's successful launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957, America launches its own space agency, NASA. Under pressure from the Soviets' early lead, NASA began research into human spaceflight. The competition between the two superpowers to explore outer space, send humans beyond the Earth's orbit and land on the moon was known as the 'space race'.Comments back to top
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