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Loudon Sainthill
Australian artist (–)
Loudon Sainthill (9 January &#;&#; 10 June ) was an Australian artist and stage and costume designer.
He worked predominantly in the United Kingdom, where he died.
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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'.[1]
Career
He was born Loudon St Hill, the second of four children, in Hobart, Tasmania, but by the age of two his family had moved to Melbourne.[1] He had a stammer from an early age.
This continued into his adulthood, but was not apparent when talking to children. He had little formal schooling. He had a natural interest in drawing and painting, and was attracted to quality live performance. Before the age of 14 he had seen Anna Pavlova dance, heard Dame Nellie Melba sing, and had seen Ibsen and Chekhov plays performed.
In he studied design and drawing under Napier Wal