Artists, poets, writers 1950s126

25-03-1952 - Artist Pablo Picasso in his studio, 1952, France © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - French cartoonist and illustrator, Albert Dubout, Paris, France © Suzanne Ballivet

25-03-1952 - French cartoonist and illsutrator, Albert Dubout 1952, Paris, France. .... © Suzanne Ballivet

25-03-1952 - Artist Marc Chagall and woman, 1952, France © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Sculptor, Henri Laurens, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist Marc Chagall and young girl, 1952, France © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist, Marc Chagall, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist, Marc Chagall and young girl, identity unknown, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist, Raoul Dufy, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist, Maurice Utrillo, beside a stone sculpture of St. Joan of Arc, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist, Maurice Utrillo, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist, Maurice Utrillo, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist, Maurice Utrillo, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist, Maurice Utrillo, with companion and her dog, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist, Raoul Dufy, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist, Raoul Dufy, with The Red Violin, 1952, France © Ina Bandy

22-03-1957 - Francis Bacon, exhibition launch party, Hanover Gallery, London, 1957 © Herbert K Nolan

25-03-1952 - French painter and caricaturist, Jean Effel, 1952, Paris, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist, Marc Chagall, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - French cartoonist and member of the Surrealist art movement, Maurice Henry, 1952, Paris, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artist, Georges Braque, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1952 - Artists and brothers, Claude and Pierre Renoir, 1952, France. .... © Ina Bandy

25-03-1953 - Artist and sculptor, Elisabeth Frink studying one of her paintings in Chelsea in 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Artist and sculptor, Elisabeth Frink studying one of her paintings in Chelsea, 1953 © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Artists and friends from Chelsea Art School in 1953 enjoying a relaxing moment in the home of painter Ann Irving, sitting on the flowered chair, whose paintings decorate the room. Also in the photogra... © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Poet, Kathleen Raine, in Chelsea in 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Couple in fashionable Chelsea apartment in 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Young woman talking to two older men in a pub in Chelsea in 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Water-colour painter, Joseph McCulloch, with hat, talking to fellow artist, Loris Ray, in a pub in Chelsea in 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Water-colourist painter, Jospeh McCulloch, painting his model, Doreen, in his studio in Chelsea in 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Book editor, Oliver Lawson-Dick, amusing a fellow drinker in a Chelsea pub in 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Couple drinking together in a Chelsea pub in 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Woman dining alone in The Magic Carpet Inn restaurant in Chelsea in 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Pamela Crampton, a fashion model in Chelsea in 1953, who appears to be holding a chicken. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Pamela Crampton, a fashion model in Chelsea in 1953, who appears to be holding a chicken in her right hand © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Pamela Crampton, fashion model, playing with a poodle on a Chelsea street in 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Woman and a man drinking in a bar in Chelsea in 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Sculptor, Kenneth Armitage on left, talking in a Chelsea pub with fellow sculptor, Lynn Chadwick, on right, and his wife, writer, Anne Secord, 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Fashionable young women outside the King's Head And Eight Bells pub, Chelsea, 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Couple in Chelsea pub, London, 1953. © Alan Vines

25-03-1953 - Actor and writer, Peter Ustinov, contemplating an African sculpture at his home in Chelsea, 1953. © Alan Vines

11-07-1954 - Max Ernst, artist and one of the leading figures of the Dadaist and Surrealist Movement, Paris, 1954. .... © Denise Colomb

11-07-1954 - Max Ernst, artist and one of the leading figures of the Dadaist and Surrealist Movement, Paris, 1954. .... © Denise Colomb

22-03-1957 - Francis Bacon with Maureen Jemmett Hanover Gallery London 1957 opening exhibition party with one of his paintngs in the background © Herbert K Nolan

22-03-1957 - Francis Bacon with friends, exhibition launch party, Hanover Gallery London 1957 © Herbert K Nolan

15-01-1959 - John Betjeman reading at a poetry reading of his work, London, 1959 © Alan Vines

15-01-1959 - John Betjeman reading at a poetry reading of his work, London, 1959 © Alan Vines

09-12-1959 - Well dressed woman with her pet poodle in a Mayfair bar in London, 1959. © Alan Vines

27-11-1958 - Artist Lucian Freud hanging his painting entitled Man in A Mackintosh at an exhibition of his work, London, 1958. Next to it is another of Freud's paintings, A Woman Painter © Alan Vines

27-11-1958 - Artist Lucian Freud discussing one of his paintings with one of his favourite life models, Charlie Lumley at an exhibition of Freud's work, London, 1958. To their right is a painting titled Charles Lu... © Alan Vines

27-11-1958 - Artist Lucian Freud with one of his favourite life models, Charlie Lumley at an exhibition of Freud's work, London, 1958. To their right is a painting titled Charles Lumley © Alan Vines

03-06-1958 - Sculptor Barbara Hepworth with her artwork Cantate Domino, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London 1958 © Alan Vines

03-06-1958 - Sculptor Barbara Hepworth with her artwork Cantate Domino, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London 1958 © Alan Vines

23-10-1959 - American satirist and cartoonist Jules Feiffer visiting London 1959 © Alan Vines

23-10-1959 - American satirist and cartoonist Jules Feiffer visiting London 1959 © Alan Vines

11-05-1957 - Ursula Vaughan Williams wife and biographer of her husband composer Ralph Vaughan Williams being interviewed by Tom Driberg London 1957 © Kurt Hutton

04-02-1958 - Sculptor Elisabeth Frink working on her sculpture Bird at her Fleming Close Studio London 1958. She used bird forms as metaphors for war and the pitiless destruction of man by man © Alan Vines

04-02-1958 - Sculptor Elisabeth Frink working on her sculpture Bird at her Fleming Close Studio London 1958. She used bird forms as metaphors for war and the pitiless destruction of man by man © Alan Vines

10-09-1958 - Frederick Ashton founding choreographer of the Royal Ballet Suffolk 1958 working in his living room at Chandos Lodge his country home © Kurt Hutton

10-09-1958 - Frederick Ashton founding choreographer of the Royal Ballet Suffolk 1958 in the garden of Chandos Lodge his country home © Kurt Hutton

03-07-1958 - Sheila Robinson artist and Great Bardfield Artist in her garden 1958. The Great Bardfield Artists were a community of artists who lived in Great Bardfield, a village in north west Essex. They lived to... © Alan Vines

03-07-1958 - Audrey Cruddas artist and Great Bardfield Artists School member 1958 working in her home studio, Great Bardfield. The Great Bardfield Artists were a community of artists who lived in Great Bardfield,... © Alan Vines

03-07-1958 - Edward Bawden Great Bardfield Artist 1958. To his right on the floor is his lithograph entitled Brighton Pier. The Great Bardfield Artists were a community of artists who lived in Great Bardfield, a v... © Alan Vines

03-07-1958 - Michael Rothenstein Great Bardfield Artist 1958. On his right his linocut entitled Still LIfe with Landscape. The Great Bardfield Artists were a community of artists who lived in Great Bardfield, a vi... © Alan Vines

03-07-1958 - Stanley Clifford-Smith painter and Great Bardfield Artist working in his studio 1958. The Great Bardfield Artists were a community of artists who lived in Great Bardfield, a village in north west Esse... © Alan Vines

03-07-1958 - Sheila Robinson Great Bardfield Artist with some of her artworks 1958. The Great Bardfield Artists were a community of artists who lived in Great Bardfield, a village in north west Essex. They lived t... © Alan Vines

03-07-1958 - Michael Rothenstein Great Bardfield Artist at home 1958. Rothenstein is holding a linocut entitled Cockerel Turning Round also seen on the wall to his left. The Great Bardfield Artists were a communit... © Alan Vines

03-07-1958 - Edward Bawden painter Great Bardfield Artist in his studio 1958. The Great Bardfield Artists were a community of artists who lived in Great Bardfield, a village in north west Essex. They lived togethe... © Alan Vines

03-07-1958 - Stanley Clifford-Smith Great Bardfield Artist painting in his studio, Great Bardfield 1958. The Great Bardfield Artists were a community of artists who lived in Great Bardfield, a village in north wes... © Alan Vines

12-12-1958 - Sir Thomas Kendrick The British Museum 1958 British archaeologist, art historian and Director of The British Museum from 1950 to 1959. Winged human headed bull from Neo Assyrian palace of Sargon II 72... © Alan Vines

12-12-1958 - Sir Thomas Kendrick The British Museum 1958 British archaeologist, art historian and Director of The British Museum from 1950 to 1959. Winged human headed bull from Neo Assyrian palace of Sargon II 72... © Alan Vines

12-05-1959 - Artist Jean Dubuffet retrospective, Arthur Tooth and Sons Gallery, London 1959 © Alan Vines

12-05-1959 - Artist Jean Dubuffet retrospective, Arthur Tooth and Sons Gallery, London 1959 © Alan Vines

12-05-1959 - Artist Jean Dubuffet retrospective, Arthur Tooth and Sons Gallery, London 1959 © Alan Vines

16-09-1958 - Poet TS Eliot winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature, London 1958 © Alan Vines

16-09-1958 - Poet TS Eliot winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature, London 1958 © Alan Vines

15-04-1958 - Adrian Heath in his studio, London 1958, painter and writer of Abstract Painting Its Origin And Meaning © Alan Vines

13-11-1959 - Philip Noel-Baker, London 1959, renowned campaigner for nuclear disarmament and winner of 1959 Nobel Peace Prize. He was a politician, diplomat, academic, outstanding amateur athlete © Alan Vines

13-11-1959 - Philip Noel-Baker, London 1959, renowned campaigner for nuclear disarmament and winner of 1959 Nobel Peace Prize. He was a politician, diplomat, academic, outstanding amateur athlete © Alan Vines

17-11-1959 - Poet Laureate Cecil Day Lewis at his home London 1959 © Alan Vines

25-03-1959 - 1959 The Golden City Dixies from Pretoria, South Africa buying flowers from a licensed street trader, central London © Alan Vines

25-03-1959 - 1959 The Golden City Dixies from Pretoria, outh Africa hailing a black taxi cab London. Tour of Britain © Alan Vines

25-03-1959 - 1959 The Golden City Dixies from Pretoria, outh Africa hailing a black taxi cab London. Tour of Britain © Alan Vines

25-03-1959 - Danny Williams (L) 1959 Golden City Dixies from Pretoria, South Africa performing on stage, London, tour of Britain © Alan Vines

25-03-1959 - Elizabeth Julius singing 1959 Golden City Dixies from Pretoria, South Africa performing on stage, London, tour of Britain © Alan Vines

25-03-1959 - 1959 Sophia Foster of the Golden City Dixies from Pretoria, South Africa performing, London, tour of Britain © Alan Vines

25-03-1959 - 1959 Golden City Dixies from Pretoria, South Africa performing on stage, tour of Britain, London © Alan Vines

22-07-1948 - Author Vita Sackville West Sissinghurst Castle, Kent 1948 in her sitting room at home. Novelist, poet, garden designer and journalist © Kurt Hutton

11-05-1958 - American conductor Jascha Horenstein, London © Kurt Hutton

24-06-1958 - Artist Cedric Morris talking with writer Ronald Blythe in the garden, Benton End, Hadleigh 1958 © Kurt Hutton

04-12-1958 - Sculptor David McFall working on his statue of Sir Winston Churchill, Chelsea, London 1958. The sculpture is to to be cast in bronze and placed at the edge of Epping Forest in Churchill's constituency... © Alan Vines

04-12-1958 - Simon Guttmann (L) Secretary of Report talking to Sculptor David McFall working on his statue of Sir Winston Churchill, Chelsea, London 1958. The sculpture is to to be cast in bronze and placed at the... © Alan Vines

04-12-1958 - Sculptor David McFall working on his statue of Sir Winston Churchill, Chelsea, London 1958. The sculpture is to to be cast in bronze and placed at the edge of Epping Forest in Churchill's constituency... © Alan Vines

24-10-1958 - Artist John Nash 1958 pike fishing in the River Stour near his home, Wormingford Essex © Kurt Hutton

24-10-1958 - Artist John Nash 1958 pike fishing in the River Stour near his home, Wormingford Essex © Kurt Hutton

24-10-1958 - Artist John Nash 1958 pike fishing in the River Stour near his home, Wormingford Essex © Kurt Hutton

24-07-1958 - Artist John Nash 1958 teaching an art course in botanical drawing, Flatford Mill, Dedham Suffolk © Kurt Hutton

24-07-1958 - Artist John Nash 1958 teaching an art course in botanical drawing, Flatford Mill, Dedham Suffolk © Kurt Hutton

24-07-1958 - Artist John Nash 1958 leafing through a book to help identify a plant held by fellow artist Jennifer Andrews, Flatford Mill, Dedham, Suffolk where Nash taught an art course in botanical drawing © Kurt Hutton

24-07-1958 - Artist John Nash 1958 leafing through a book to help identify a plant held by fellow artist Jennifer Andrews, Flatford Mill, Dedham, Suffolk where Nash taught an art course in botanical drawing © Kurt Hutton