Preparing for the International Theatre Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Caricature
1924 (made)
1924 (made)
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Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956) – known as 'Max' – was part of the late-19th-century Aesthetic Movement, which promoted the concept of 'art for art's sake'. The Movement culminated in the work and ideas of the writer and critic Oscar Wilde and the artist Aubrey Beardsley. In the 1920s there was a fashion for portrait caricatures, published in magazines such as Vanity Fair. Max produced images of a wide range of society figures. This watercolour shows Martin Hardie on the left, who was Keeper in the V&A department responsible for paintings, drawings, illustrations, designs and engravings. With him are the stage designer Edward Gordon Craig and Craig's son, Gordon.
Object details
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| Title | Preparing for the International Theatre Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour |
| Brief description | Max Beerbohm. Preparing for the International Theatre Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1922. (Mr. Martin Hardie; Mr. Gordon Craig the elder, Mr. Gordon Craig the younger). Britain, 1924. |
| Physical description | Mr. Martin Hardie; Mr. Gordon Craig the elder, Mr. Gordon Craig the younger preparing for the International Theatre Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1922. |
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| Gallery label | On the left Martin Hardie (a former Keeper at the V&A) is caricatured in his work environment curating an exhibition. His humorously distorted figure gives his actions a ponderous, rather self-important quality. With him are the stage designer Edward Gordon Craig and Craig's son, Gordon. |
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| Summary | Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956) – known as 'Max' – was part of the late-19th-century Aesthetic Movement, which promoted the concept of 'art for art's sake'. The Movement culminated in the work and ideas of the writer and critic Oscar Wilde and the artist Aubrey Beardsley. In the 1920s there was a fashion for portrait caricatures, published in magazines such as Vanity Fair. Max produced images of a wide range of society figures. This watercolour shows Martin Hardie on the left, who was Keeper in the V&A department responsible for paintings, drawings, illustrations, designs and engravings. With him are the stage designer Edward Gordon Craig and Craig's son, Gordon. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926. |
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| Accession number | E.1382-1924 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2003 |
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