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THE WAY OF THE WORLD: Rex Whistler

... THE WAY OF THE WORLD By Simon Harcourt-Smith Rex Whistler I AM glad to see the War Office are taking measures to preserve the frescoes with which Rex Whistler would enliven the Army huts to which his soldiering took him, while he was training for his ...

Published: Wednesday 04 July 1945
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2065 | Page: 5 | Tags: Photographs 

WELL-KNOWNS AT HOME TO REX WHISTLER

... KNOWNS AT HOME TO REX WHISTLER. OHORTLY before he joined the Welsh Guards as a Lieutenant, Rex Whistler painted these three portraits, which are all on view at the Leicester 08116066' Artists of Fame and of Promise Exhibition. Rex Whistler first gained fame ...

Published: Wednesday 31 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 191 | Page: 23 | Tags: Photographs 

BRIGHTON'S MUCH-CONTESTED REX WHISTLER PAINTINGS

... CONTESTED REX WHISTLER PAINTINGS. Brighton corpora tion, the War Depart ment, the painter's executor, and the owner of a house in Brighton have all been involved in the legal problem of the ownership of the last paintings made by Rex Whistler before he ...

Published: Wednesday 07 February 1945
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 237 | Page: 21 | Tags: Photographs 

THE WISE VIRGINS DANCE TO BACH

... Sebastian Bach, arranged by Constant Lambert orchestrated by William Walton, and with decor and costumes of baroque flavour by Rex Whistler. The theme of the ballet is the Biblical parable of the Wise and the Foolish Virgins. ...

Published: Wednesday 01 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 73 | Page: 27 | Tags: Photographs 

FIDELIO AT COVENT GARDEN: A Brilliant Audience Sees the Revival of Beethoven's Only Opera

... auditorium on the opening night when the Australian soprano Sylvia Fisher made a brilliant debut. The scenery is by the late Rex Whistler Tasker, Press Illustrations Mr. S. C. Bearman and Mr. and Mrs. Van Thai enjoying a jdke in the interval Viscountess Mooret ...

Published: Wednesday 05 January 1949
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 111 | Page: 11 | Tags: Photographs 

Pamela May Is Engaged

... season a revival of ^e/o„ Monday night, and a new ballet by Frtderick Ashtmi, The and Zlish Virgins (with Bach music and Rex Whistler setting), is due on April 24th B Anthony ...

Published: Wednesday 17 April 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 157 | Page: 3 | Tags: Photographs 

Opera on Tour: Scenes from the Sadler's Wells Repertoire

... Figaro which has John Hargreaves as Figaro, Sumner Austin as the Count. The dresses are those ^tchich were designed by Rex Whistler for Sadler's Wells THE Netv to the singers of Sadler's Wells is 44 The Beggar's BEGGAR'S Opera, which the Russian-trained ...

Published: Wednesday 19 March 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 285 | Page: 23 | Tags: Photographs 

C. B. COCHRAN AND FARJEON REVUE: THE BIG TOP OPENS AT LIVERPOOL

... intimate revue, since patriotic necessity forbids any over-lavish, spectacular scenes, but Oliver Messel, Doris Zinkeisen, Rex Whistler and Joseph Carl have provided extremely good dfcor and the prin cipals, Beatrice Lillie, Cyril Ritchard, Fred Emney and ...

Published: Wednesday 08 April 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 321 | Page: 15 | Tags: Photographs 

HEIL, CINDERELLA! WITH DIST HED AMATEURS: WILTON HOUSE COMPANY STAGE PANT COMFORT THE TROOPS

... photographs of the WILTON HOUSE COMPANY rehearsing HEIL, CINDERELLA!, the topical pantomime by Cecil bU'S John Sutro, with Rex Whistler scenery, given in aid of the Comforts for the Troops Fund at the Michael Herbert Hall, Wilton, on January 1 V* ^fortunately ...

Published: Wednesday 10 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 320 | Page: 19 | Tags: Photographs 

HEIL, CINDERELLA REHEARSING AT WILTON HOUSE, SALISBURY A CECIL BEATON PRODUCTION FOR COMFORTS FOR THE TROOPS

... Pamela Gibson, Vivien John, Olga Lynn, David Herbert, Stella Marias Goring, and Donald Masters. Scenery teas painted by Rex Whistler, with Alfred Overton and James iWjtr |fl Bailey as helpers. 3W&51F' r You can spot and name some players bringing in the ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 350 | Page: 17 | Tags: Photographs