![]() ![]() During his lifetime, he worked on more than fifty productions, and published multiple books of his designs and paintings with his partner, Miller, enabling his innovative and vibrant designs to live on to inspire future generations. Sainthill later won a Tony for his work on 'The Canterbury Tales' (1967). Sainthill’s early career in the UK was shaped by theatrical-imperial networks intent on strengthening Commonwealth ties, and his fantasy-inflected settler-modernist style transplanted to Britain especially well during a period when the metropolis sought to imagine new post-imperial futures for itself. One of his most celebrated projects was for the set and costume designs of 'Le Coq d’Or' at the Royal Opera House, Sainthill being given this commission after Marc Chagall suddenly withdrew from the project. LOUDON SAINTHILL (1919-1969) Set design for Romeo and Juliet signed and indistinctly inscribed Loudon Sainthill (lower left) and inscribed Romeo and. Returning to London in 1949, Sainthill’s career took off he designed for the ballet 'Ile des Sirenes' starring Margot Fonteyn (1950) and then 'The Tempest' at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (1951). He was discharged in 1946 and briefly lived with Miller in Merioola, which was also the home of a group of artists including Alec Murray, Jocelyn Rickards and Donald Friend. During the Second World War, Sainthill served with the Australian Army. This success was followed by exhibitions in Australia. His paintings of the dancers garnered attention and, in 1939, he was invited to London to exhibit at the Redfern Gallery. His love of theatre design began in Australia, where he designed for touring ballets. ![]() He was born in Tasmania, but moved to Melbourne where he met his lifelong partner, Harry Karl Tatlock Miller (1913-1989). Loudon Sainthill Australia, Britain, 1919-69 Number of Works: 257, Results Page: 1 Order by: view: per page 'Les Sylphides,' 1942 Gouache, 45 x 60.5 cm Subscribe to see sale result Untitled Gouache over traces of pencil on card, 57.5 x 45. Loudon Sainthill (Australian, 1919-1969) Artist, costume and set designer, Loudon Sainthill lived a life designing for stars of the ballet, opera, theatre and film. Provenance: Bequeathed to the current owner by Alfred Hecht. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.Loudon Sainthill (Australian, 1919-1969) The Musician pen and ink, watercolour and gouache 77 x 57cm A work from the same series of 'The Musicians' and dated 1958 is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. ![]() Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.Ĭould the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after Jfor over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info….Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs.Loudon Sainthill is listed in the following standard biographical references: View sold price and similar items: Loudon Sainthill (1919 - 1969), Design for a Back-Cloth - Landscape with Classical columns, unsigned, pastel and watercolour, framed and glazed, Redfearn Gallery label to the reverse dated November 1973, 35 x 50 cm from Dawsons Auctioneers on Decem9:00 AM GMT. Works by Loudon Sainthill are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW and a further three major public national galleries (see list below). No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. The highest price recorded for the artist is $39,100 for The Betrothed 1949 sold by Deutscher~Menzies in April 1999. In our database, 257 works by Loudon Sainthill are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1971, of which 155 (60%) were sold. He held his first solo exhibition in 1939 and in the same year travelled to London where he was to spend much of his career designing sets for Sadlers Wells and other London theatres. ![]() In the early 1930s he gained a reputation as an artist and theatrical designer, designing a number of sets for the Australian Ballet. Born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1919, Loudon Sainthill studied at the Melbourne Technical College (now RMIT University). ![]()
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