

His early designs were described as 'opulent', 'sumptuous' and 'exuberantly splendid', but there was also a 'special quality of enchantment, mixed so often with a haunting sadness'. Bid on Loudon Sainthill (Australian, 1919-1969) sold at auction by Sworders 121 on 5th October Loudon Sainthill (Australian, 1919. He worked predominantly in the United Kingdom, where he died. Gallery in London Harrys partner, Tasmanian Loudon Sainthill, became. Tasmanian-born artist Loudon Sainthill (1918-1969) came to England in 1949. Loudon Sainthill (9 January 1918 10 June 1969) was an Australian artist and stage and costume designer. Robert Ingpen, graphic designer and illustrator, won the Hans Christian Andersen. One set served for the interior and exterior scenes, with the raised platform used for Desdemona's bedchamber. Costume design by Loudon Sainthill for Cleopatra in William Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra, Old Vic, 5 March 1957. Sainthill designed the costumes and setting for Othello,which was directed by Tony Richardson.

Loudon Sainthill, Roy de Maistre, Sidney Nolan and Harry Tatlock Miller. Sainthill's work encompassed opera, notably Rimsky-Korsakov's Le Coq d'Or at Covent Garden in 1954, Shakespeare, pantomimes, musicals and revues, and although he became associated with a flamboyant and opulent fantastical style of design, he could also create an everyday reality, as demonstrated by his interiors for the film version of John Osborne's play, Look Back in Anger. Outside these core areas, we also welcome design and moving image historians. By 1920 the family was living in Melbourne, first at Toorak and then at East St Kilda. His spectacular sets and costumes for Michael Benthall's 1951 production of The Tempest at Stratford-upon-Avon established him as a leading designer. After the outbreak of war, Sainthill and Miller returned to Melbourne in charge of a major British Council exhibition of theatre and ballet design. Loudon Sainthill (1918-1969), artist and stage designer, was born on 9 January 1918 in Hobart, second of four children of Tasmanian-born parents Willoughby Aveland St Hill, a clerk who became a commission agent, and his wife Honora Matilda, ne Horder.

He had designed for the stage in Australia but it was in Britain that his theatrical career developed. Tasmanian-born artist Loudon Sainthill (1918-1969) came to England in 1949. Loudon Sainthill is a 51 years old Australian artist from Hobart, Tasmania. Set design by Loudon Sainthill for the Cyprus scenes in William Shakespeare's play Othello, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7 April 1959.
