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Louise Browne (costume design for Louise Browne for the revue 'After Dark')
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Louise Browne (costume design for Louise Browne for the revue 'After Dark')
by Hedley Gawthorne Briggs
pencil and watercolour, 1933
14 7/8 in. x 11 1/8 in. (378 mm x 281 mm)
Given by Louise Palmer, 2004
Reference Collection
NPG D22552
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- Hedley Gawthorne Briggs (1907-1968), Actor, producer, dancer and designer. Artist or producer of 4 portraits.
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Current affairs
Sir Norman Angell is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Angell was recognised for his book, Europe's Optical Illusion (or The Great Illusion) first published in 1910 and updated in 1933, which argued that war between modern powers was futile as neither the looser or victor would gain economically from it.Art and science
British Art embraces abstraction with the establishment of 'Unit 1', the first group of British Artists dedicated to producing abstract art. The critic Herbert Read formed the group by bringing together the artists Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Paul Nash and the architect, Wells Coates.The Duveen Wing extension at the National Portrait Gallery is opened by King George V.
International
The Nazi party comes to power in Germany as part of a coalition government with Hitler as Chancellor. Over the next year, the party consolidated its position through the Enabling Act (allowing them to pass legislation without the support of the coalition), by banning and purging opposition, and by making Hitler Führer in 1934: granting him the combined powers of Chancellor and President.Comments back to top
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