School of Art

Contact Details

School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Angus McBean

Born: 1904, UK, Wales, Monmouthshire, Newbridge   Died: 1990

Photographer. Son of a surveyor. Began as a bank clerk in Monmouth, 1921-24. Worked for Liberty's in London, 1926-33, as an antiques salesman. He then trained with the portrait photographer Hugh Cecil, 1934-35. He later established his own theatrical photography studio where he produced imaginative, often surreal, portraits of film and theatre stars including Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. He also created annual Christmas cards which usually featured self portraits.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

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Irene 'Cherry' McBean PH1651 Photography

Ivor Novello and Mary Ellis PH1703 Photography

Jacques Dacqmine PH1695 Photography

Jean Yonnel PH1647 Photography

John Gielgud PH1645 Photography

John Gielgud as King Lear PH1676 Photography

Kenneth Williams PH1653 Photography

Laurence Harvey as Troilus PH1706 Photography

Laurence Olivier PH1639 Photography

Marika Rivera PH1649 Photography

Mark Dignam PH1721 Photography

Marlene Dietrich PH1674 Photography

Michael Bryant PH1720 Photography

Oklahoma! PH1701 Photography

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