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The Drawing Room: Don Bachardy’s Hollywood

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Warren Beatty Natasha Richardson Movies Montgomery Clift Kenneth Anger Katherine Hepburn Jack Nicholson Hollywood Holly Woodlawn George Cukor Fred Astaire films Edith Head Don Bachardy Christopher Isherwood Carol Burnett Bette Davis

Holly Woodlawn

Warren Beatty Natasha Richardson Movies Montgomery Clift Kenneth Anger Katherine Hepburn Jack Nicholson Hollywood Holly Woodlawn George Cukor Fred Astaire films Edith Head Don Bachardy Christopher Isherwood Carol Burnett Bette Davis
Artist Don Bachardy, now 80, is one of the greatest chroniclers of Hollywood’s big name faces. As the longtime partner of novelist Christopher Isherwood (Cabaret), Bachardy had access to some films most iconic figures. Hollywood (Glitterati), the portraits of Don Bachardy include; Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, George Cukor, Montgomery Clift, Fred Astaire, Edith Head, those seen here and more…

“I started to ask my sitters to sign and date my drawings because I wanted to make it clear it was done from life. Years later, I realized that the sitter’s signature is just as important as my own. It’s a collaboration. The better they sit, the better the portrait is. It’s our picture. We’re doing it together. I am continually surprised to look at someone who is sitting for me because it is unnatural to sit still for hours at a time and have someone staring, peering, looking right through them. None of us like being stared at intentionally. I’ve often thought maybe I became an artist to have an excuse to look deeply at people. We choose professions that give us extra license.”

You can buy Hollywood here and see more work at his New York gallery, Cheim and Read.

Warren Beatty Natasha Richardson Movies Montgomery Clift Kenneth Anger Katherine Hepburn Jack Nicholson Hollywood Holly Woodlawn George Cukor Fred Astaire films Edith Head Don Bachardy Christopher Isherwood Carol Burnett Bette Davis

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty Natasha Richardson Movies Montgomery Clift Kenneth Anger Katherine Hepburn Jack Nicholson Hollywood Holly Woodlawn George Cukor Fred Astaire films Edith Head Don Bachardy Christopher Isherwood Carol Burnett Bette Davis

Natasha Richardson

Warren Beatty Natasha Richardson Movies Montgomery Clift Kenneth Anger Katherine Hepburn Jack Nicholson Hollywood Holly Woodlawn George Cukor Fred Astaire films Edith Head Don Bachardy Christopher Isherwood Carol Burnett Bette Davis

Carol Burnett

Warren Beatty Natasha Richardson Movies Montgomery Clift Kenneth Anger Katherine Hepburn Jack Nicholson Hollywood Holly Woodlawn George Cukor Fred Astaire films Edith Head Don Bachardy Christopher Isherwood Carol Burnett Bette Davis

Kenneth Anger

Warren Beatty Natasha Richardson Movies Montgomery Clift Kenneth Anger Katherine Hepburn Jack Nicholson Hollywood Holly Woodlawn George Cukor Fred Astaire films Edith Head Don Bachardy Christopher Isherwood Carol Burnett Bette Davis

Jack Nicholson

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