Yevonde Middleton

Yevonde Middleton
Self portrait
Born
Yevonde Philone Cumbers

(1893-01-05)5 January 1893
Streatham, London, England
Died22 December 1975(1975-12-22) (aged 82)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Known forPhotography
Spouse
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(m. 1920; died 1939)​

Yevonde Philone Middleton (née Cumbers; 5 January 1893 – 22 December 1975) was an English photographer, who pioneered the use of colour in portrait photography. She used the professional name Madame Yevonde or simply Yevonde in a career lasting over 60 years.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Visual Arts - Artists - Madame Yevonde (1883 -1975)". British Council. 1998. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Artists - Madame Yevonde". Benham Gallery.
  3. ^ Freestone, Clare; Roberts, Pamela Glasson; Brown, Susanna (2023). Yevonde, Life and Colour. National Portrait Gallery, London. ISBN 9781855145634.